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Fifth week of Desert Storm fighting brings new challenges for medicine

AS ANTICIPATED, Desert Storm ground fighting is bringing a new set of challenges in terms of prompt evacuation and treatment of wounded allied soldiers. When Iraqi forays into Saudi Arabia brought a start to ground fighting 3 weeks ago, the situation also highlighted the importance of US military medical planning. This includes self- or buddy-care by US troops who are trained in some essential emergency medical procedures such as control of bleeding, additional procedures (such as airway clearance) by a "combat lifesaver" in the squad with additional training and equipment (<i>JAMA</i>. 1991;265:557-559), help from Advanced Trauma Life Support-certified corpsmen, and eventually attention from a physician. As also was expected, evacuation of the wounded is challenging along this flat terrain where would-be rescuers are vulnerable to enemy groundfire. Helicopters are much less likely to be used for frontline medical evacuation (than they were used, for instance, in the Southeast Asian theater

Fifth Week of Desert Storm Fighting Brings New Challenges for Medicine

AS ANTICIPATED, Desert Storm ground fighting is bringing a new set of challenges in terms of prompt evacuation and treatment of wounded allied soldiers. When Iraqi forays into Saudi Arabia brought a start to ground fighting 3 weeks ago, the situation also highlighted the importance of US military medical planning. This includes self- or buddy-care by US troops who are trained in some essential emergency medical procedures such as control of bleeding, additional procedures (such as airway clearance) by a combat lifesaver in the squad with additional training and equipment ( JAMA . 1991;265:557-559), help from Advanced Trauma Life Support-certified corpsmen, and eventually attention from a physician. As also was expected, evacuation of the wounded is challenging along this flat terrain where would-be rescuers are vulnerable to enemy groundfire. Helicopters are much less likely to be used for frontline medical evacuation (than they were used, for instance, in the Southeast Asian theater

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Procedures and Techniques in Emergency Medicine

This book is addressed primarily to the emergency physician but should prove useful to all practitioners who provide primary patient care. It serves as a comprehensive guide to procedures and techniques in emergency medicine and, unlike many previously published texts, presents a fully referenced, objective review of emergency medical procedures. The book is succinctly and lucidly written. An extensive index at the beginning of each chapter reflects the excellent organization of subject matter. In addition, abundant, skillfully executed illustrations should enable even the novice to perform the procedures with a minimum of difficulty. The 11 chapters deal with anesthesia and regional blocks, plastic surgery principles and techniques, and abdominal, vascular, airway, cardiothoracic, urologic, neurosurgical, orthopedic, otolaryngologic, ophthalmologic, dental, obstetric, and gynecologic procedures. Indications, contraindications, required equipment, and complications of each technique are discussed, and step-by-step instructions to facilitate their performance are provided. In summary, this volume should serve as a

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Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional: January 1984 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 - p 9

Sewerage and Sewage Treatment

secondary school. Undoubtedly, many teachers of the last generation would have considered this material at the college level. Now similar texts intended for college students will have to approach the professional level. Personal hygiene with tidbits of anatomy and physiology still dominates the course in health for most high school students. But this book leads the reader into the realm of preventive medicine and public health-a worthy venture. Possibly more emphasis could have been given the subject of industrial hygiene, and mention made of the emergency medical procedures for Civil Defense; however, these topics can easily be added by the teachers themselves. The book is set in an easy-to-read two-column style and profusely illustrated with impressive photographs and clever cartoons. Using questions as captions is a painless way of inciting even more interest in the pictures. Had some of the references in the Teacher's Manual been printed in the text, the students would find the book more valuable for future reference; nevertheless, they will still consider it a prize possession. WILLIAM W. STILES