Prehospital burn management in a combat zone.
A military study revealed troops suffering from severe burns tended to receive either no prehospital fluid or too much fluid1. […]
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Exsanguinating cardiac arrest not always fatal
The British Military has developed a reputation for aggressive pre-hospital critical care including (but not limited to) the use of […]
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Military vascular injury to the torso is deadly
Outcomes are described for military personnel with vascular injury sustained in Afghanistan and Iraq. BACKGROUND: Military injuries to named blood […]
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Military trauma care meets standards
Recent recommendations were made regarding trauma care in the UK by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death […]
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Bum crack fluid pump
Military guys are great at coming up with practical solutions. Need to infuse fluid in the field but have no […]
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UK Military Clinical Guidelines
In the United Kingdom, The Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine produces Clinical […]
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care
The brave men and women of the military not only risk their lives for us – they also provide a […]
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Military pre-hospital thoracotomy
Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic […]
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Battlefield resuscitation
An excellent review of the current British military practice to prevent and treat the acute coagulopathy of trauma shock (ACoTS) […]
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Ballistic penetrating neck injury and the risk of immobilisation
British military physicians reported the outcomes of patients sustaining penetrating neck injury from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Three quarters […]