What makes war surgery different?
How can our military surgeons be optimally prepared for their roles in the combat setting? The recent training assignment of military surgeons to urban trauma centers is a necessary first step toward this elusive goal, although not conclusive preparation for carrying out surgery in a combat theater. The multiple dimensions of difference between combat and peacetime medical practice require continuing emphasis.
Smith
A M
AM
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-4050.
Hazen
S J
SJ
D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare