Accession Number:

ADA614573

Title:

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Basic Wound Management in the Austere Environment

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

TEXAS UNIV HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO

Personal Author(s):

• Quinn, Robert H.
• Wedmore, Ian
• Johnson, Eric
• Islas, Arthur
• Anglim, Anne
• Zafren, Ken
• Bitter, Cindy
• Mazzorana, Vicki

Report Date:

2014-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

In an effort to produce best-practice guidelines for wound management in the austere environment, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel charged with the development of evidence-based guidelines for the management of wounds sustained in an austere dangerous or compromised environment. Recommendations are made about several parameters related to wound management. These recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence and the balance between the benefits and risks or burdens for each parameter according to the methodology stipulated by the American College of Chest Physicians.

Descriptors:

• *HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
• BENEFITS
• BURNS(INJURIES)
• EVACUATION
• QUALITY
• WOUNDS AND INJURIES

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE