title: After triage: lessons learned in Vietnam with military casualties.
abstract: There is no current training or experience that can closely parallel operating in the combat theater. However, the use of a structured and systematic approach to patient care such as Advanced Trauma Life Support would have given those thrust into trauma care a format to build upon.
authors.affiliation: 731 TAS, Peterson AFB, Colorado 80914.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D014218:Triage; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*