Recently there was talk in a handful of threads which discussed military trauma practices and how they will influence civillian medicine.
Rather than resurrect numerous threads and copy and paste the info, I would just like to share it here.
The topic is surgical treatment of extremity injuries, but I think the epidemiology nicely puts things into perspective of just how applicable military trauma techniques transfer.
"Recent vascular injuries in civillian trauma centers is between 0.2 - 4.0%"
"In modern Iraq and afghanistan conflicts it is 12%."
"35% of all extremity vascular injuries on the battlefield have concominat fractures"
(which increases blood loss)
Just something to consider the next time you are wondering if you need a tk first protocol or some other kind of novel or extreme resuscitation gadget or technique.
Rather than resurrect numerous threads and copy and paste the info, I would just like to share it here.
The topic is surgical treatment of extremity injuries, but I think the epidemiology nicely puts things into perspective of just how applicable military trauma techniques transfer.
"Recent vascular injuries in civillian trauma centers is between 0.2 - 4.0%"
"In modern Iraq and afghanistan conflicts it is 12%."
"35% of all extremity vascular injuries on the battlefield have concominat fractures"
(which increases blood loss)
Just something to consider the next time you are wondering if you need a tk first protocol or some other kind of novel or extreme resuscitation gadget or technique.
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