Edward D. Churchill as a combat consultant: lessons for the senior visiting surgeons and today's military medical corps.
In World War II, Edward D. Churchill volunteered as a combat consultant. In this role, he mentored many junior surgeons and challenged the Army leadership to treat hemorrhagic shock with blood rather than plasma. These lessons have continued relevance for today's Senior Visiting Surgeons and our military medical corps.
Department of Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. jcannon@massmed.org
Jeremy W
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Cannon
Josef E
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Fischer
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