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Difficult to Control
rural setting scenerio.......IED goes off on farm land, raising some type of animal,
passenger in lead vehicle takes the brunt of the blast, rips the door off and his right arm at the shoulder.
What is YOUR management of.....
1. Control of hemorrhage,
2. field wound management
3. CASEVAC issues
4. hospital/aid station issues
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
Last edited by swatsurgeon; 03-04-2008 at 15:33.
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