title: Critical care at Role 4.
abstract: This descriptive paper focuses on the sequence of events that occur during the admission and ongoing management of the Military Polytrauma patient to Critical Care, Area B, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). It is intended to inform new clinical staff, the wider DMS, and potentially other NHS intensive care units which may be called upon to manage such patients during a military surge or following a U.K. domestic major incident.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: C P L
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chinery
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: England
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D005190:Family; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000628:therapy*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D010343:Patient Admission; D006113:United Kingdom