ABC to <C>ABC: redefining the military trauma paradigm

Hodgetts, T J
Mahoney, P F
Russell, M Q
Byers, M

Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK

Correspondence to: T J Hodgetts Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2SQ, UK; [email protected]

Accepted 22 June 2006

Competing interests: All authors have been involved in development of the updated BATLS programme. TJH, PFM, MQR have been involved in development of the UK DMS haemostatic programme.

Emergency Medicine Journal 23(10):p 745-746, October 2006.

“ABC” has now been replaced by “<C>ABC”, where “<C>” stands for “catastrophic haemorrhage”