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Complex extrication and crush injury.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20095831     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An unusual motor vehicle collision case is presented involving a complex, prolonged extrication with crush injury. While crush injury and crush syndrome are often considered to be in the realm of disaster medicine and urban search and rescue, more typical single-patient or few-patient incidents such as industrial accidents and vehicular crashes can involve these clinical entities. All emergency medical services (EMS) personnel should have a basic working familiarity with the operational and clinical issues involved in crush injury and crush syndrome. Crush syndrome is reviewed here from the perspective of prehospital management.
Authors:
Kevin Burns; David C Cone; Joseph V Portereiko
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1545-0066     ISO Abbreviation:  Prehosp Emerg Care     Publication Date:    2010 Apr-Jun
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-04     Completed Date:  2010-06-02     Revised Date:  2012-04-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9703530     Medline TA:  Prehosp Emerg Care     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  240-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. kevin.burns@yale.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accidents, Traffic*
Adult
Crush Syndrome / diagnosis,  physiopathology*,  radiography,  surgery
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Humans
Male
Rescue Work*
Treatment Outcome

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