Military Medicine in Iraq and Afghanistan : A Comprehensive Review

Many, if not most, of the recent improvements in trauma care in civilian practice have developed from military experience. The British Defence Medical Services have been recognised as providers of exemplary health care. Although there will is an emphasis on trauma, this book also captures lessons from internal medicine and infectious disease, ethics (for example dealing with detainees – a particularly controversial subject), human factors, mental health issues and rehabilitation.Military Medicine provides the evidence and context for these innovations, and its unique and important account will be of interest to both military and civilian practitioners alike. Content: A brief history of operations TELIC and HERRICK -- The organisation of the medical services in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Pre-hospital emergency care -- Emergency medicine and resuscitation -- Anaesthesia and pain management -- Intensive care medicine -- Strategic medical evacuation : the critical care air support team -- Torso trauma -- Limb trauma -- Ballistic weaponry, blast and personal protective equipment development -- head and neck -- Internal medicine and communicable disease including diet and lifestyle -- Imaging -- Transfusion medicine -- Mental health -- Primary care -- Defence rehabilitation -- Paediatrics introduction -- Trauma governance : scoring and data analysis -- Ethics, legal, and humanitarian issues -- Deployed experience at sea -- Education, training and human factors -- Developments in equipment and therapeutics -- The research dimension. Many advances in trauma care in civilian practice have developed from military experience. This book captures lessons from internal medicine, infectious disease, ethics, human factors, mental health and rehabilitation. Military Medicine provides context for these innovations, and is of interest to both military and civilian practitioners alike.