title: NATO war medicine doctrine revisited in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: NATO war medical doctrine was applied in the war in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, due to rather specific martial and organizational circumstances, the doctrine had to be modified. sometimes substantially. A medical team from the war hospital in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina describes their work with respect to the four-echelon NATO doctrine. The team covered a relatively large and active battlefield, and treated 597 patients with 314 major surgical interventions. Due to the lack of surgeons and medical personnel in general, the second echelon concentrated on fast transportation, and the third echelon fulfilled the function of the fourth echelon, completing the surgical treatment except for 12 patients with head and spine injuries.
authors.affiliation: Medical Center Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sarić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atias-Nikolov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kovac
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mrsić
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukac
mesh_terms: D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D011634:Public Health; D014480:United Nations; D014857:Warfare