Priorities in trauma management

D. D. Trunkey

doi:10.1093/milmed/155.5.217

Priorities in trauma management

D. D. Trunkey

Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery

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Abstract

The overriding concern in trauma care is not only to minimize mortality, but to maintain a functional human being. Treatment should first be directed to preserve the brain and the cardiopulmonary viscera.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-219
Number of pages	3
Journal	Military medicine
Volume	155
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/155.5.217
State	Published - 1990

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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