The care and challenges of injured service have been well documented in the literature from a variety of specialities. The aim of this study was to analyse the surgical timelines of military and civilian traumatic amputees and compare the surgical and resuscitative interventions. A retrospective review of patient notes was undertaken. Military patients were identified from the Joint Theatre Tra...

BACKGROUND In the care of patients with traumatic injuries, focus is placed on hypothermia secondary to its deleterious impact on the coagulation cascade. However, there is scant information on the mortality effect of hyperthermia. STUDY OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that both hypothermia and hyperthermia are associated with decreased survival in patients with traumatic injuries. Furthermore, we...

Recent research has provided compelling evidence of mental health problems in military spouses and children, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), related to the war-zone deployments, combat exposures, and post-deployment mental health symptoms experienced by military service members in the family. One obstacle to further research and federal programs targeting the psychological heal...

background: peripheral vascular injury associated with lower limb trauma is a well-known emergency. the experience for the management of popliteal artery trauma have mainly come from managing the traumas of military personnels during iran-iraq war. the present study compared the effects of two currently-used surgical techniques in the management of popliteal trauma, namley femoropopliteal bypas...

Military sexual trauma (MST) is a pervasive and insidious problem among military personnel. MST defined as harassment or assault that occurs during ones’ time in service. Due to the physical, mental, psychosocial consequences of MST, all nurse practitioners (NPs) must be able effectively identify survivors recognize address health provide appropriate interventions referrals for survivors. The p...

Although trauma remains a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, trauma research remains uncoordinated and often of low quality. Research efforts aiming to improve trauma care are drastically underfunded and global research strategies to address core challenges are missing [1,2]. The responsibility for this state lies partially within the trauma academic community and efforts ...

O pen eye injuries in war have been occurring in ever-increasing numbers. After serving in Pleiku, Vietnam, for the 71st Evacuation Hospital, a concerned ophthalmologist, Albert Hornblass, MD, compared eye injury rates in American and other military conflicts. He noted that during the American Civil War, eye injuries were 0.5% of all casualties, but in the Vietnam War, eye injuries occurred at ...