title: A Decade of Advances in Military Trauma Care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  While combat casualty care shares many key concepts with civilian trauma systems, its unique features mandate certain practices that are distinct from the civilian ones.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a review of the most current literature on combat casualty care, based on computer database searches for studies on combat casualty care and military medicine. Studies were selected for inclusion in this review based on their relevance and contribution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over the last decade, meticulous, international data collection and research efforts have led to significant improvements in military trauma care. Combat medicine has focused on the causes of preventable deaths and targeted on bleeding control and resuscitation strategies, as well as improved evacuation. En route care and forward surgical interventions have resulted in unprecedented low fatality rates and the saving of more lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This overview of the developments in combat casualty care in recent years emphasizes medical practices that are characteristic of combat medicine, yet with the potential to save lives in other scenarios, as well.
authors.affiliation: Surgeon General's Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel idf_trauma@idf.gov.il.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glassberg
authors.affiliation: Surgeon General's Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nadler
authors.affiliation: Surgeon General's Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erlich
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Klien
authors.affiliation: Surgeon General's Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kreiss
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kluger
keywords: Military; combat casualty care; damage control resuscitation; point of injury; prehospital; preventable death