Reducing harm associated with prehospital tourniquet application in resource-limited settings
Corresponding Author
Hannah Wild
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective, International Blast Injury Research Network, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Correspondence
Hannah Wild, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorZakaria A. A. Zeba
Captain Hallassane Coulibaly Military Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYves Aziz Nacanabo
Captain Hallassane Coulibaly Military Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSerhii V. Tertyshnyi
Military Medical Clinical Center of the South Region of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMoumini Niaone
Department of Public Health, University of Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Contribution: Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorEileen Bulger
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Mock
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorHenrik Hedelin
Department of Orthopaedics, NU-Hospital Group, Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Hannah Wild
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective, International Blast Injury Research Network, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Correspondence
Hannah Wild, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorZakaria A. A. Zeba
Captain Hallassane Coulibaly Military Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYves Aziz Nacanabo
Captain Hallassane Coulibaly Military Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSerhii V. Tertyshnyi
Military Medical Clinical Center of the South Region of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMoumini Niaone
Department of Public Health, University of Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Contribution: Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorEileen Bulger
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Mock
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorHenrik Hedelin
Department of Orthopaedics, NU-Hospital Group, Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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