title: First and second line treatment--a retrospective view.
abstract: The case history of a single casualty is recorded. A critique of aspects of his treatment is presented. Some suggestions for modifying aspects of his treatment are considered. A factual account of the wounds received by a soldier during one of the land battles in the Falklands Campaign is presented together with an account of his initial (first and second line) and subsequent (third and fourth line) treatment. Comments and suggestions are offered on aspects of treatment given in the first and second line medical facilities as they existed during the Falklands Campaign.
authors.affiliation: Surgery, CMH, Aldershot.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jowitt
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D019432:Falkland Islands; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D008889:Military Personnel; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012767:Ships; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000628:therapy*; D014111:Tourniquets; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*