title: Pre-hospital trauma training in the Falkland Islands.
abstract: This article explores the development of a new model of trauma training for nursing and other emergency staff in the Falkland Islands, an isolated group of islands in the South Atlantic. The training has been successfully implemented and continues to provide staff with tailored training in emergency trauma care.
authors.affiliation: King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tremayne
authors.forename: Janette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D019432:Falkland Islands; D006801:Humans; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*