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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718479
The Golden Hour Trauma Care
Funding None.
Abstract
Globally the road accidents had become a great burden and claiming lot of precious lives today. However, the initial treatment within the first hour of the injury indeed had proven the high chance of survival after the trauma. This article updates and signifies the systematic emergency approach and current principles in saving lives after injury.
Publication History
Received: 08 May 2020
Accepted after revision: 08 June 2020
Article published online:
22 February 2021
© 2021. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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