Tactical combat casualty care in the Canadian Forces: lessons learned from the Afghan war.

Lessons learned from the war in Afghanistan: a commander's perspective.

A s Surgeon General for the Canadian Forces (CF), I am also the commander of the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS), which is responsible for delivering quality health care both in Canada and on deployments around the world. Providing health care in an operational setting is always a challenge, especially when this occurs in a hostile or combat setting with limitations posed by tactical and...

Leadership lessons learned in Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

Causes of death in Canadian Forces members deployed to Afghanistan and implications on tactical combat casualty care provision.

BACKGROUND As part of its contribution to the Global War on Terror and North Atlantic Treaty Organization's International Security Assistance Force, the Canadian Forces deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2006. We have studied the causes of deaths sustained by the Canadian Forces during the first 28 months of this mission. The purpose of this study was to identify potential areas for improvin...

EYE CARE IN THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS General Principles Specific Principles OPHTHALMIC CARE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR Equipment and Facilities Frequency and Severity of Eye Injuries Medical Evacuation Insights From the Persian Gulf War SUMMARY

18 Ophthalmic Care of the Combat Casualty

A survey of triage systems in combat casualty care for providing a revised system

 Purpose: Triage is a complicated and dynamic process in nature. Moreover, there are many challenges in selecting the required information about the casualties, the wounded, and the type of accident at the time of crisis. Hence, this research was undertaken to present a new strategy for efficiently triaging casualties in the battlefield. Methodology: In this review, two methods of field a...