Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jul;85(1S Suppl 2):S4-S12. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001969.

¹ From the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (S.C.N., J.G., A.P.C., E.M.-S., T.D.L., K.S.A.), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Joint Trauma System (J.G., S.S., Z.T.S.), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Combat Casualty Care Research Program (T.E.R., K.N.R.), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland; University of Texas Health Science Center (B.J.E., D.J.), San Antonio, Texas; AMEDD Center & School (C.K.M.), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Army Trauma Training Department (K.R.G.), Miami, Florida; Martin Army Community Hospital (J.S.), Fort Benning, Georgia; Joint Special Operations Command (R.M.), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (J.B.H.), Texas.

Abstract

Observational/retrospective/historic controls, level IV.