The "Headstrike" Protocol: A Retrospective Review of a Single Trauma Center's Operational Change in the Management of Anticoagulated Ground-Level Falls.

Michael Keyes; Ashley Alley; Keely Muertos; Barbie Anderson; Stephanie Howerton; Alison Burns; Antonio Pepe

doi:10.1177/000313481908500831

The "Headstrike" Protocol: A Retrospective Review of a Single Trauma Center's Operational Change in the Management of Anticoagulated Ground-Level Falls.

Michael Keyes
, Ashley Alley
, Keely Muertos
, Barbie Anderson
, Stephanie Howerton
, Alison Burns
, Antonio Pepe

Grand Strand Medical Center

From the Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Original language	American English
Journal	The American Surgeon
Volume	85
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/000313481908500831
State	Published - Aug 1 2019

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Emergency Medicine

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