A heavy reckoning : war, medicine and survival in Afghanistan and beyond /

As long as humans have lived together on the planet there have been wars, andinjured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars across the globe with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring people back from ever closer encounters with death. But how do we do it, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayhew, E. R. (Emily R.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Profile Books, 2017.
Temas:
Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court.
2001-2021
Medicine, Military > Great Britain.
War wounds > Treatment.
Veterans > Medical care.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Medical care.
Military Medicine > history
Military Personnel
War-Related Injuries > rehabilitation
War-Related Injuries > psychology
Afghan Campaign 2001-
History, 20th Century
Médecine militaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Blessures de guerre > Traitement.
Anciens combattants > Soins médicaux.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-2021 > Soins médicaux.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Military / Other
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
War wounds > Treatment
Veterans > Medical care
Medical care
Healing > Psychological aspects
Medicine, Military
War > Medical aspects
Afghanistan
United Kingdom
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The war in Afghanistan : timeline
  • 'Blood is the argument'
  • Scott Meenagh
  • Mark Ormrod (1)
  • The Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
  • The deal
  • Field Hospital Camp Bastion (Bastion)
  • Mark Ormrod (2)
  • Bastion's medics
  • History
  • Critical care
  • Critical Care Air Support Team (CCAST)
  • Birmingham
  • The duty critical care nurse
  • Mark Ormrod (3)
  • Mark Ormrod (4)
  • Rehabilitation : Headley Court
  • Sockets and stumps
  • Mark Ormrod (5)
  • A short history of Headley Court and its garden (neither of which is as old as it looks)
  • Sockets and stumps and pain
  • PTSD (trauma reaction)
  • The engineer : Dave Henson
  • A Centre for Blast Injury Studies
  • Mark Ormrod (6)
  • Sockets and stumps and science
  • Complex outcomes, chronic pain and PTSD
  • Epilogue : medics.

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