Search Tag: military medicine
Massive-blood-transfusion-lessons-from-the-military
2015 09 Nov
A new military trauma care protocol for managing haemorrhage and resuscitation may assist in saving both combat and civilian patients, according to a new study published in the AANA Journal . David Gaskin, CRNA, MHS, and co-authors write that although “haemorrhage is a less common cause of death than a central nervous system injury, it is the most...Read more
Golden-hour-policy-improves-combat-survival
2015 02 Oct
A mandate in 2009 that critically injured U.S. servicemen should receive definitive care within the so-called "golden hour" has improved survival rate of combat casualties in Afghanistan, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery . In 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates mandated a standard of 60 minutes or less, from call to arrival at...Read more
Zoom-on-michael-reade-military-medicine-and-surgery-professor
2014 11 Nov
Professor Michael Reade, Australian Defence Force Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, University of Queensland and ADF Joint Health Command, is a practising specialist intensive care physician and clinician scientist in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), seconded by Joint Health Command to the University of Queensland to lead a programme of...Read more