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There are direct and indirect linkages and a form of symbiosis between operational military medicine from World War II and present wilderness medicine, from the beginnings to contemporary practice, and the more recently evolved field of tactical emergency medical support. Each of these relationships will be explored from the historical perspective of the Department of Military & Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences from 1982 to the present.
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Medicina Militar/história , Medicina Selvagem/história , Medicina de Emergência/história , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Casualties incurred during the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield during Operation Just Cause were evaluated through reviews of records and interviews with the participants. There were eight initial casualties. One-half of all subsequent casualties were wounded trying to move to these men while still under effective hostile fire. Consistent with other studies, the most common cause of death was internal hemorrhage; the second most common was catastrophic brain injury. Rapid control of external exsanguination was the technique most likely to prevent death. Tourniquets were applied to three lower extremities for two casualties, without sequelae.
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Tratamento de Emergência/métodos , Hemorragia/terapia , Medicina Militar/métodos , Militares , Guerra , Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo/terapia , Analgesia , Tratamento de Emergência/instrumentação , Hemorragia/etiologia , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Masculino , Medicina Militar/educação , Militares/educação , Panamá , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Torniquetes , Transporte de Pacientes , Clima Tropical , Estados Unidos , Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo/complicaçõesRESUMO
Telecommunications from telephone and radio to two-way audio, video, facsimile (fax), and digital imaging via satelite transmission have been used in reponses to disasters. Current and rapidly emerging communications technology offers the prospect of enormously expanded and more efficient application in predisaster, acute, and postdisaster rehabilitation activities. A survey of present and potential roles for telemedicine in disaster medicine will be presented with particular focus on initial on going medical needs assessment, prevention programs, and emergency assistance for provision of emergency care of victims, care for other survivors, and public health and sanitation services. Attention will also focus on telemedicine in education and training, disaster response exercises, development of comprehensive plans, and research. Finally, the essential relationship between the routine utilization of telemedicine in predisaster health care and effective employment in disaster situations will be discussed (AU)
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Telemedicina , Medicina , Desastres , Meios de Comunicação , TelecomunicaçõesRESUMO
Meeting of the Advisory Committe on Medical Research, 14. Pan American Health Organization; 7-10 Jul. 1975
