title: Anaesthesia during the Falklands campaign. The experience of the Royal Navy.
abstract: The work of nine Naval anaesthetists deployed with the Task Force during the Falklands campaign is described. The anaesthetists worked in a field hospital (Ajax Bay), a hospital ship (SS Uganda), a troop ship (SS Camberra), aircraft carriers (HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible) and a Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Tidespring). The problems of staffing and providing the stores for various teams in different locations at short notice are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D000776:Anesthesiology; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D009326:Naval Medicine; D012151:Resuscitation; D012767:Ships; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery