Combat casualty care

Mucciarone MC, Llewellyn CH (2006) Tactical combat casualty care in the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield. Mil Med 171 687-690... 

Walters, T. J., Wenke, J. C., Baer, D. A., Research on Tourniquet Related Injury for Combat Casualty Care, RTO HFM Symposium on Combat Casualty Care in Ground Based Tactical Situations Trauma Technology and Emergency Medical Procedures , St. Pete Beach, Florida, August 2004. 

Bellamy RF. The causes of death in conventional land warfare implications for combat casualty care research. Mil Med 1984 149 55-62. 

Butler FK, Jr., Hagmann J, Butler EG. Tactical combat casualty care in special operations. Mil Med 1996 161 Suppl 3-16. 

Walters, T. J., et al., Issues Related to the Use of Tourniquets on the Battlefield, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, 2003 Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care Congress, 21-23 August, Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida. 

The topics contained in the book fall squarely within the realm of Combat Casualty Care, one of the pillars or mission areas for Army medical research. Specifically, the book deals with Far Forward Resuscitation, prevention and management of blood loss, wound dressing, prevention of infection, and prevention of adverse tissue responses and impaired healing. These aspects of treatment are critical to prevent death, treatment complications, and disability. They are the important aspects of early interventions in the battle area or during medical evacuation. Information covering so many aspects of this type of care are not usually found in a single source. This book will compile a large amount of important information that is current and state of the art. It will help to define the Standard of Care. 

Diagram Adapted from Combat Casualty Care Office. Medical Management of Chemical Casualties ffandbook. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense 1994 194. Photographs Reproduced electronically from US Army Chemical Decontamination of Nonambulatory Casualties. Fort Sam Houston, Tex Health Sciences Media Division, US Army Medical Department Center and School 1995. Training videorecording 710175 TVT 8-252. 

Collective protection, which is necessary for optimal combat casualty care in a contaminated environment, whether the casualty s injuries are from exposure to chemical-bio-... 

Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Combat Casualty Care Office, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5425... 

Military Combat casualty care Soldiers and support personnel in battlefield... 

R. McCarron, 2008, Comparative testing of hemostatic dressings in a severe groin hemorrhage, presentation at Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) conference, St. Pete FL 10-13 Aug 2008... 

Bellemy, R. F., Combat trauma overview, In Anesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Combat Casualty Textbook of Military Medicine, Part IV, Washington, D.C., Borden Institute, 1995, pp. 28-29. 

Valerio, I.L., Campbell, P., Sabino, J., Dearth, C.L., Fleming, M., 2015. The use of urinary bladder matrix in the treatment of trauma and combat casualty wound care. Regen. Med. 10, 611-622. 

Echelon I medical care, found at the unit level and all higher levels, consists of ATM, sick call, and evacuation capability provided by the medical platoon/ section organic to combat maneuver battalions and to some combat support battalions. Major emphasis is placed on those measures necessary to resuscitate, stabilize, and prepare for the evacuation of the casualty to the next higher echelon of care. This care may be in the form of self-aid/buddy aid or it may be treatment provided by the combat lifesaver or the combat medic. 

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