The effect of a golden hour policy on the morbidity and mortality of combat casualties

RS Kotwal, JT Howard, JA Orman, BW Tarpey… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
casualties with critical injuries, 26 cutting in half the previous goal of 2 hours, 27 and aligning
with the concept of the golden hour. To … time relative to morbidity and mortality outcomes. …

Reexamination of a battlefield trauma golden hour policy

JT Howard, RS Kotwal, AR Santos-Lazada… - Journal of trauma and …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
morbidity and mortality data in relation to a “golden hour” … the “golden hourpolicy and
resultant increase in casualties … the only validated combat casualty data currently available on this …

[PDF][PDF] The loss of the golden hour

J Riesberg, D Powell, P Loos - Special Warfare Mag, 2017 - prolongedfieldcare.org
… for low density of critical casualties widely dispersed across … in order to reduce morbidity
and mortality in environments with no … Requirements for Tactical Combat Casualty Care should …

In a stable battlefield, avoid using austere surgical units to meet the golden hour of trauma time to care goal

R Childers, P Parker - Injury, 2017 - Elsevier
combat casualties in 60 min or less. In 2015 Kotwal published an important study examining
the effect of this golden hour policy on combat casualty mortality … and mortality rate improved …

The golden hour of casualty care: rapid handoff to surgical team is associated with improved survival in war-injured US service members

SA Shackelford, DJ Del Junco, EL Mazuchowski… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
… Despite the amount of resources dedicated to sustaining the golden hour evacuation, … In
2015, a comparison of case fatality rates before and after the 2009 “golden hourpolicy change …

The golden hour after injury among civilians caught in conflict zones

JD Forrester, A August, LZ Cai, AL Kushner… - Disaster medicine and …, 2019 - cambridge.org
… the impact of transport time on morbidity and mortality of … overburdened by treating civilian
casualties may not have the ability or … Effects of early prehospital life support to war injured: the …

Origins of the" golden Hour" of Medical Care and Its Applicability to Combat Medicine

JJ Hudak - 2015 - apps.dtic.mil
… definition which ignores the realities of combat casualty as well as civilian trauma care…
casualties revealed only an 8 percent overall death rate. Importantly, none of these combat deaths

Time is the enemy: mortality in trauma patients with hemorrhage from torso injury occurs long before the “golden hour

AQ Alarhayem, JG Myers, D Dent, L Liao, M Muir… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
… to support a true “golden hour”, the … combat casualties to a military treatment facility within
60 min. Ultimately however, there is little evidence to definitively support a true “golden hour”, …

A Military-Specific Injury Scoring System to Aid in Understanding the Golden Hour—Reply

RS Kotwal, HR Champion, KR Gross - JAMA surgery, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
… of the potential benefit of policy change at the highest level. While … case fatality rate inflection
point after the “golden hour” … sense of security in future combat casualty care planning. …

Has the Sun Set on the Golden Hour?

M Euse - 2020 - apps.dtic.mil
… warfighter proficiency in Tactical Combat Casualty Care and the … golden hour rule in minimizing
morbidity among victims of … That is, mortality rates were not connected to the golden hour