Provision of initial surgery to casualties within one hour of injury is associated with better
survival. Where evacuation options are limited, surgery within the “golden hour” may have to …

The nature of the current and future battlespace will require adaptive solutions to provide
troops with timely damage-control surgery and resuscitation. A light surgical module, the …

Laparotomy, as the treatment for gunshot wounds of the abdomen, became widely used
during the First World War. Surgical results were improved when the time-lag between …

Two hundred forty trauma patients were transported directly from the scene to a specially
designed operating room (OR) for resuscitation, bypassing the Emergency Department (ED) …

Hypothesis Modern US Marine Corps (USMC) combat tactics are dynamic and nonlinear.
While effective strategically, this can prolong the time it takes to transport the wounded to …

I read the article “Predictors of Mortality in Close Proximity Blast Injuries During Operation
Iraqi Freedom” 1 with great interest. Clearly, the authors are to be commended for an …

Small mobile surgical teams attached to maneuver units save lives in the initial stages of
major combat operations. But in the later phases of an operation, consolidating surgical …

During the last 15 years of conflict numerous types of military medical units capable of
providing surgical care have been deployed, formed, or hastily created, based upon mission …

NAPOLEON'S SURGEON TO THE IMPERIAL GUARD, Dominique Jean Larrey, in Europe
and the Army of the Potomac's Medical Director, Jonathan Letterman, in the War Between …

Introduction The aim of this study was to examine and interrogate outcomes in trauma
laparotomy in a South African trauma centre to determine whether systematic factors were …