2 results match your criteria: "University of Colorado School of Medicine (V.S.B.)[Affiliation]"
Impact of Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) ventilator management on combat mortality.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2018
From the United States Air Force En route Care Research Center/59th MDW/ST (J.K.M., A.G.M., S.C.S., C.A.P.), JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (J.K.M.), JBSA Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Department of Emergency Medicine (J.K.M., P.E.M.), San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (J.K.A.), Graduate Medical Education (GME), JBSA Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; University of Colorado School of Medicine (V.S.B.), Aurora, Colorado; and Colorado Air National Guard (V.S.B.), Buckley AFB, Aurora, Colorado.
Background: Aeromedical evacuation platforms such as Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATTs) play a vital role in the transport and care of critically injured and ill patients in the combat theater. Mechanical ventilation is used to support patients with failing respiratory function and patients requiring high levels of sedation. Mechanical ventilation, if not managed appropriately, can worsen or cause lung injury and contribute to increased morbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCombat MEDEVAC: A comparison of care by provider type for en route trauma care in theater and 30-day patient outcomes.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2016
From the US Air Force En route Care Research Center/59th MDW/ST-US Army Institute of Surgical Research (J.M., A.G.M., S.S., L.K.R., C.A.P.), JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Department of Emergency Medicine (J.M.), San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Department of Emergency Medicine (V.S.B.), University of Colorado School of Medicine (V.S.B.), Aurora, Colorado; Colorado Air National Guard (V.S.B.), Buckley AFB, Colorado.
Background: Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) is the movement and en route care of injured and medically compromised patients by medical care providers via helicopter. Military MEDEVAC platforms provide lifesaving interventions that improve survival in combat. There is limited evidence to support decision making related to en route care and allocation of resources.
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