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Interview: Lt. Col. Steven Jeffrey

Lt. Col. Steven Jeffery of the Royal Army Medical Corps and Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Selly Oaks Hospital in the UK talks with us on the subject of helping patients with serious limb injuries, combating infection, and the development of technologies and processes in the field of soldier casualties.

On Point with LTC William Geesey

Lieutenant Colonel William E. Geesey is the product manager for Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Product Management Office. With more than 24 years of active, reserve and National Guard service, LTC Geesey has held a variety of management positions in medical logistics and healthcare administration.

In this podcast, LTC Geesey discusses the deployment of the MC4 system in Iraq and Afghanistan and the challenges involved in automating medical practices, from a user’s technical standpoint but also the medical applications of the system.

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Colonel (Ass.Prof. Dr.) Ulrich Kunz: Managing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Problems of Brain injury in medical evacuation
Strategy within the German Armed Forces for dealing with moderate to severe TBI
Current treatment options and the future of care

Colonel (Prof. Dr.) Ulrich Kunz
Head of Neurosurgical Department of Armed Forces Hospital Ulm
Bundeswehr

Management of facial trauma at Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre

Common facial injuries we are seeing at Landstuhl
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Colonel Stephen F. Flaherty
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Colonel Jonathan Jaffin, MD: Traumatic Brain Injury – Lessons from the War By COL Jonathan Jaffin, MD, Deputy Commander, USAMRMC

What is traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
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Report sheds light on battlefield healthcare

Healthcare on the frontline

If the current conflicts involving British troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything, it is how inherently dangerous the theatre of war remains to the brave men and women who serve in such areas. The loss of lives has dominated news reports from both regions, with improvised explosive devices particularly claiming many victims in recent times.

Casualty Evacuation Timelines: An vidence-Based Review Lieutenant Colonel Paul J Parker FIMC FRCSEd FRCSOrth RAMC

In the wars of the last century, much was made of rapid transport to the nearest surgical resuscitation facility. In these intense high-casualty conflicts - highly-echelonized medical care and the 1:2:4 doctrinal approach was the norm. Buddy-Buddy aid at point of wounding, Regimental Aid Post care, Casualty Clearing Station care, Field Surgical Team care, Rôle 3 care and thence return to Base areas or the UK by train or ship. In our current relatively low-intensity conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan – is it time for a rethink?

Advanced Imaging Technological Applications On The Battlefield By Les Folio

The modern day battlefield has seen exponential modernization in medical technology, with diagnostic imaging among the fastest developing. This rapid technological epidemic has driven educational requirements to keep up with the changing applications…

Forward Trauma Surgery In Afghanistan: Lessons Learnt On The Modern Asymmetric Battlefield By N Tai, P Hill, A Kay, P Parker

The deployment of 16 Air Assault Brigade to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in April-October 2006 was supported by a two-surgeon Field Surgical Team (FST) embedded within a 25 bed medical facility. We report the summative operative experience of the FST in order to analyse workload, case-mix and outline future training requirements. Within this period, 138 patients underwent 255 theatre episodes and 322 surgical procedures. 106 of the 138 patients requiring surgery were battle-injured. The experiences and lessons learnt and re-learnt by this surgical team should be part of our institutional memory…

Training For War: Teaching And Skill-Retention For The Deployed Surgical Team By Lt Col Paul Parker FIMC FRCSEd(Orth) RAMC, Senior Lecturer, Academic Department of Military Surgery Consultant Adviser in Orthopedics to DGAMS

PTSD rates higher amongst those in multiple deployments

A study carried out by the American Journal for Public Health has found that soldiers serving multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq are over three times at risk of screening positive for acute depression and post-traumatic stress disorder than soldiers who have not previously been deployed.

UK Health Service extends lifetime guarantee to veterans

Ministers in Great Britain have unveiled plans for the National Health Service (NHS) to provide care for injured members of the UK Armed Forces for life.