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Rev Cub Med Mil 2016; 45 (1)

Advanced surgical teams in contemporary scenarios of combat actions

Velázquez PA, Martínez AMV, Escalona BY, Menéndez LJR

Language: Spanish
References: 35
Page: 63-69
PDF size: 56.30 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Using Ebsco Host Information Services platform, the full-text Academic Search Premier and Medline complete databases were accessed.
Objective: Review the information contained in 2014 MeSH Descriptors about Forward Surgical Teams, Iraq and Afghanistan. From this search bibliographical evidences emerged of the use, employment and development of the Forward Surgical Teams of the Medical Services of the Armed Forces in United States of America (Army), France, United Kingdom, and Finland.
Method: It is presented here the way of employment and the successive trend towards its operational and technological improvement during the last wars in the Middle East on the deployment of US troops and the UN coalition in the United States-led crusade against terror of North America. The aspects reported in the article refer to the composition, deployment and tactical use of the Forward Surgical Teams, to the application of various diagnostic and treatment protocols for the reception and management of health casualties due to combat actions and the coping of the preparation of medical and nursing personnel before, during, and after deployment of the medical institution.


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