title: Trauma anesthesia for disasters. Anything, anytime, anywhere.
abstract: Field anesthesia can be practiced safely and effectively but requires special training to acquire familiarity with the techniques. Because field anesthesia may be required even in sophisticated countries for entrapment situations, skill should be maintained by practicing the appropriate techniques on a regular basis. Field anesthetic techniques are not second rate methods; they are just different. Although improvisation in the disaster situation has merit, it is not the place for experimenting with new and untried techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Baskett
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Donchin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Bernhard
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D001136:Armenia; D003422:Critical Care; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*