title: Special lessons learned from Iraq.
abstract: Operation Iraqi Freedom is the largest casualty-producing conflict this nation's military has faced since Vietnam. Medical departments from the three services have done an extraordinary job reacting to the ever-changing landscape of modern warfare and the devastating injuries produced. From the revamping of prehospital care to new applications of damage-control surgery, challenges have erupted, lessons have been learned, and lives are being saved.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. james.sebesta@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sebesta
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008887:Military Medicine; D012042:Registries; D023481:Terrorism; D014218:Triage; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*