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Management of Combat Casualties

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War provides significant opportunity to care for injured military personnel and civilians injured during the course of hostile action. Perhaps the only ultimate benefit of war is the massive amount of experience one can accumulate caring for the injured within a very short period of time. It has been said that a lifetime of experience can be gained in a short time during these unfortunate events.

“He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.”

—Hippocrates

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Remick, K., Elster, E. (2021). Management of Combat Casualties. In: Pikoulis, E., Doucet, J. (eds) Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Disaster Management. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34116-9_37

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