Aeromedical Evacuation Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients
Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive resource on long-distance air transport of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. It discusses the history of aeromedical evacuation, triage and staging
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Aeromedical Evacuation
William W. Hurd • William Beninati Editors
Aeromedical Evacuation Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients Second Edition
Editors William W. Hurd, MD, MPH, FACOG, FACS Col, USAF, MC, SFS (ret.) Chief Medical Officer American Society for Reproductive Medicine Professor Emeritus Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC USA
William Beninati, MD, FCCM Col, USAF, MC, CFS (ret.) Senior Medical Director lntermountain Life Flight and Virtual Hospital University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT USA Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA USA
ISBN 978-3-030-15902-3 ISBN 978-3-030-15903-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15903-0
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Foreword
Killed in action (KIA), died of wounds (DOW), and case fatality (CF) rates among US service members are at their lowest points in the history of warfare. Directly attributable to this striking rise in survivability are numerous factors, which include highly effective body armor, widespread use of Tactical Combat Casualty Care at the point of injury (POI), rapid casualty evacuation/ tactical critical care evacuation from POI to higher levels of medical care, forward resuscitative surgery, a standardized trauma network that is integrated across all theaters of operation, and aeromedical evacuation (AE) bolstered by Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT). Clearly, all of the aforementioned capabilities have saved thousands of lives and mitigated incalculable suffering. The en route care system (a series of clinical and mobility
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