Management of open chest wounds in tactical emergency casualty care: application of vented versus nonvented chest seals.
The 2014 midyear, full meeting of the Committee for Tactical Emergency Combat Care (C-TECC) was hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Law Enforcement Medicine on June 9 and 10 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the C-TECC guidelines are increasingly recognized as the best-practice recommendations for civilian, high-threat, prehospital trauma response, a focused guidelines discussion occurred to develop best-practice recommendations for the management of open chest wounds, specifically regarding the application of vented and nonvented chest seals.
Asa M
AM
Margolis
Nelson
N
Tang
Matthew J
MJ
Levy
David W
DW
Callaway
D001458:Bandages; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009779:Occlusive Dressings / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*