title: [The nursing role in field amputation].
abstract: Field amputation is a surgical procedure which consists in removing one or several limbs of a victim to extricate them from rubble and evacuate them to a hospital. A last resort, it is a rarely-performed procedure, carried out primarily in disaster medicine. A team which worked in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake reports on one such clinical situation.
authors.affiliation: Antenne médicale de l'Ilot Saint Germain, 14, rue Saint Dominique, 75700 Paris, France. Electronic address: faitmohammed@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aït-Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Service d'accueil des urgences, SMUR, centre hospitalier Jean Marcel, bd Joseph-Monnier, 83175 Brignoles, France.
authors.forename: Stanislas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waroux
authors.affiliation: Service médical d'unité, Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, 3, rue Darmesteter, 75013, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lefort
keywords: Haiti; Haïti; amputation; dégagement; extraction; infirmier; nurse; prise en charge; treatment; victim; victime