Initial assessment and management of trauma encountered in the field. Issue 11 (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coley, Emma; Fadden, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Volume 20:Issue 11(2019)
• Page Start: 671
• Page End: 678
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: Burns -- cardiac arrest -- forensic ballistics -- head injury -- military medicine -- pelvis -- thoracotomy -- tourniquet -- trauma severity indices -- wounds and injuries; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; Intensive care -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2019.09.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1472-0299

Abstract

Abstract: This article covers the principles of trauma care relating to specific competencies within the military higher training module. The majority of these principles relate to the pre-hospital assessment and management of patients, introducing some of the nuances of military medicine in comparison to civilian practice.