When not to explore: a combat-specific decision framework for selective neck exploration at Role 2 [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care OpenCurrent civilian algorithms for penetrating neck trauma assume access to definitive vascular reconstruction, endovascular intervention, advanced imaging, and specialist multidisciplinary care. These assumptions may not apply to Role 2 military facilities,
Dmytro Mialkovskyi +3 more
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Research on the value screening of combat rescue information based on the Markov decision tree model [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground In future digital battlefields, the systematic collection of combat casualty care information is essential for improving trauma outcomes and guiding medical resource allocation.
Xiaoxue Li +3 more
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Physical Fitness Determinants of a Military Casualty Evacuation Test. [PDF]
Mil MedIntroduction Casualty evacuation has been identified as a typical and essential single military task which every soldier should be able to perform rapidly during combat.
Mussalo J, Kyröläinen H, Vaara JP.
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Emergency preservation and resuscitation in exsanguination cardiac arrest: science fiction to future reality? [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care OpenNon-compressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH), leading to exsanguination cardiac arrest, remains the primary cause of preventable death in combat trauma. As the future operational environment shifts toward large-scale combat operations (LSCO) with delayed ...
Jonathan J Morrison +18 more
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Mass Casualty Incident Response and Aeromedical Evacuation in Antarctica [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011 Antarctica is one of the most remote regions on Earth. Mass casualty incident (MCI) responses in Antarctica are prone to complications from multiple environmental and operational challenges.
Mills, Christopher N, Mills, Gregory H
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VELOS : a VR platform for ship-evacuation analysis [PDF]
, 2010 Virtual Environment for Life On Ships (VELOS) is a multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) system that aims to support designers to assess (early in the design process) passenger and crew activities on a ship for both normal and hectic conditions of operations ...
Ginnis, A.I. +3 more
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From injury events to rescue burden: accident patterns, health outcomes, and prevention in mountain outdoor physical activities—a scoping review [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundMountain outdoor physical activities generate accidents, traumatic injuries, acute illnesses, fatalities, navigation failures, environmental exposures, technical entrapments, and search-and-rescue or evacuation demands.
Huan Tang, Fateh Zereg, Ruoqin Mo
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Telehealth implementation for military combat casualty care and evacuation: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground The application of telehealth in combat zones offers transformative potential for casualty care but presents unique and complex challenges. Successfully leveraging this technology requires a deep understanding of its foundational requirements ...
Mohsen Fooladzadeh Dehghan +3 more
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The evolution of casualty evacuation in the British Army 20th century (Part 1)--Boer War to 1918
, 2002 This is the first in a series of papers which describe the evolution of the British casualty evacuation system in the 20th Century. This paper describes the formation of the Field Ambulance after the Boer War and the development of the Casualty Clearing ...
Bricknell, M C M; id_orcid
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The UK WTC9/11 Evacuation Study: An Overview of the Methodologies Employed and some Preliminary Analysis [PDF]
, 2008 This paper briefly describes the methodologies employed in the collection and storage of first-hand accounts of evacuation experiences derived from face-to-face interviews with evacuees from the World Trade Center (WTC) Twin Towers complex on 11 ...
Galea, Edwin R. +10 more
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