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UK Military Clinical Guidelines

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Cliff Reid

In the United Kingdom, The Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine produces Clinical Guidelines for Operations on behalf of Surgeon General under the direction of Defence Professor of Emergency Medicine. These guidelines, last … Continue reading →

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Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Cliff Reid

The brave men and women of the military not only risk their lives for us – they also provide a wealth of trauma experience and publish interesting stuff. This month’s Journal of Trauma contains a military trauma supplement. One of … Continue reading →

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Military pre-hospital thoracotomy

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Cliff Reid

Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic nature of thoracic penetrating trauma (mainly Afghan civilians without body armour) differs from the typical knife-wound related injury seen in … Continue reading →

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Battlefield resuscitation

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Cliff Reid

An excellent review of the current British military practice to prevent and treat the acute coagulopathy of trauma shock (ACoTS) describes pathophysiology and treatment options and offers an algorithm for management. Key components of the system (when indicated according to … Continue reading →

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Ballistic penetrating neck injury and the risk of immobilisation

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Cliff Reid

British military physicians reported the outcomes of patients sustaining penetrating neck injury from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Three quarters were injured in explosions, one quarter from gunshots. Of 90 patients, only 1 of the 56 survivors to reach a … Continue reading →

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