PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Keith M Porter
TI  - Prehospital amputation
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2009.074500
DP  - 2010 Dec 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 940--942
VI  - 27
IP  - 12
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/12/940.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/12/940.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2010 Dec 01; 27
AB  - Prehospital surgical amputations are rarely necessary. This paper gives a historical perspective, the indications and contraindications for limb amputations, and details a simple technique for both surgeons and non-surgically qualified medical personnel.