Surgical “damage control” techniques developed at US urban trauma centres to keep victims
of multiple gunshot wounds alive are now being used to save the lives of soldiers injured in …

From our earliest records of Western societies sending their citizens into harm's way, those
societies have usually made some provision for their citizens' care. However, the …

Military surgery in the United States Army could be said to date from 18 April 1775, when
Paul Revere rode hastily from Boston to Lexington with the message that the British were …

The last 10 years of conflict has produced a wealth of experience and novel techniques in
operative trauma surgery. The articles we review here are essential for the contemporary …

War surgery and treatment of combat casualties at far-forward locations, frequently under
austere conditions, continue tosave lives. Military medical personnel provide outstanding …

(Figure 1) The origins of military medicine in the United States date to the first days of the
Revolutionary War.[3] In that campaign, a physician-patriot named Dr. Prescott, of Lexington …

This 4th revision of this popular Borden Institute reference on emergency surgery includes
everything from war wounds to anesthesia, even covering gynecologic and pediatric …

Medical support is an important part of military operations. The aim of war surgery is to
achieve the return of the greatest number of injured to combat and the preservation of life …

The Second Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, was one of the major engagements
of the United States Civil War. Three days after that great battle, three thousand wounded …

The principles of the management of missile injuries are as important during peace as war.
The incidence of wounds and deaths caused by firearms has progressively increased in the …