title: Soldiers injured during the Falklands campaign 1982. Sepsis in soft tissue limb wounds.
abstract: The factors related to the development of sepsis in the soft tissue limb injuries sustained by soldiers during the Falkland Campaign have been assessed. Delay in surgery and delay in antibiotic administration are the most important factors, and where delay in surgery is inevitable, delay in antibiotic administration assumes an even greater importance.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D019432:Falkland Islands; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D008889:Military Personnel; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins