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🚀 Exciting updates in Navy Medicine! 🩺 Check out the latest Fast Facts for November 2023 to stay informed on the cutting-edge developments in Navy healthcare. From innovative technologies to impactful initiatives, it's a glimpse into the future of medical excellence. #NavyMedicine #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalAdvancements 🌐💙

The NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine conducted a workshop on ‘Observations and Clinical Experiences: Ukraine 2022-present,’ delivering a wealth of insights that challenged our perspectives, particularly in planning for large scale combat operations. Key insights included: 1. The imperative of scene safety, with medics facing the threat of drone targeting. 2. The complex dynamics of ‘whole society war,’ necessitating the treatment of both military personnel and civilians. 3. Addressing challenges such as prolonged evacuation times through considerations of triage, whole blood transfusions, and the appropriate use of pain medications and antibiotics. 4. The critical role of standardization in saving lives, underscored by initiatives like Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), robust data collection methods, and the implementation of clinical governance protocols. Special thanks to JOHN M QUINN V, EMT-P, MD, MPH, PhD, David Stewart, MBA, Mehdi Benhassine, PhD and their team for delivering a comprehensive discussion and understanding to our multinational cohort. #TCCC #WholeBloodTransfusion #TraumaCare #MedicalTraining #CombatMedicine #TacticalMedicine #EmergencyMedicine #MilitaryMedicine #CoTCCC #JTS #pasgobeyond #pasdothat Sharing this website as a great resource:

Combat vascular access review... "This review summarizes the available combat literature to help commanders make an evidence-based decision about their prehospital vascular access strategy" Smith et al (2023).

It is exactly 277 years since the British Navy surgeon James Lind wanted to treat scurvy, a lethal disease at the time, and tested different potential cures on 12 sailors. ⛵ He allocated the men into six groups and treated them with different medications. Lind evaluated the results of different groups, following the principle of comparing like to like: the treatment results were the best with the group that was given oranges and lemons. 🍋 Lind's groundbreaking work is considered the first clinical trial, which is why 20 May is celebrated as Clinical Trials Day. Our modern-day clinical trials continue to build on the same principle. 💡 Read more about our work on clinical trials: https://lnkd.in/ddbe2jQ7 ACRP - Association of Clinical Research Professionals #CTD2024 #clinicaltrialsday #clinicaltrials #clinicalresearch

Combat vascular access review... "This review summarizes the available combat literature to help commanders make an evidence-based decision about their prehospital vascular access strategy" Smith et al (2023).

Treatment and evacuation in the austere environments. Over the past 20 years, the need for urgent resuscitation has become a more prominent focal point for mobile medical teams. The evolution of dynamic and complex operations has substantiated the need for unconventional extraction, evacuation, and casualty care. During the latter months of 2020, an expeditionary resuscitative surgical team performed and extended evacuation of a casualty utilizing resources such as alternate means of transport and a contracted personnel recovery team. The event was reviewed by a research team to highlight their capabilities, their considerations during the operation, and the care provided to the casualty. They published their findings along with some considerations for the future of austere casualty care and evacuation in the 2021 Winter edition in the Journal of Special Operation Medicine. Source: Boyer, N.L. et al. (2021) ‘Casualty evacuation (casevac) platform review and case series of US Military Enroute Critical Care Team with contract personnel recovery services in an austere environment’, Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 21(4), p. 99. doi:10.55460/evc3-ujq2.

Early access to blood can make all the difference in an emergency situation. Such an important issue.

Once your laryngoscope is in the vallecula be sure to engage with the hyo-epiglottic ligament to get the best view of the airway (Don’t pick up your laryngoscope too shallow or push it in too deep) #REBELEM #Intubation #Resuscitation

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