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  • Title: Military medicine: trauma anesthesia and critical care on the battlefield.
    Author: Donchin Y, Wiener M, Grande CM, Cotev S.
    Journal: Crit Care Clin; 1990 Jan; 6(1):185-202. PubMed ID: 2404547.
    Abstract:
    This article presents a few of the basic guidelines that must be considered once a decision is made to provide anesthesia and advanced surgical care in the battlefield--or in civilian catastrophes (for example, terrorist incidents, and man-made or natural disasters) that resemble the battlefield. However, it must be stressed that the most central consideration in battlefield anesthesia is the selection, training, and experience of the battlefield anesthesiologist. There are strict guidelines for providing safe anesthesia under the dire circumstances of war or similar civilian circumstances; the properly trained and experienced TA/CCS, however, will be best able to deliver battlefield anesthesia and to improvise equipment and agents for its safest delivery in those circumstances.
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