title: Medical rescue of naval combat: challenges and future.
abstract: There has been no large-scale naval combat in the last 30 years. With the rapid development of battleships, weapons manufacturing and electronic technology, naval combat will present some new characteristics. Additionally, naval combat is facing unprecedented challenges. In this paper, we discuss the topic of medical rescue at sea: what challenges we face and what we could do. The contents discussed in this paper contain battlefield self-aid buddy care, clinical skills, organized health services, medical training and future medical research programs. We also discuss the characteristics of modern naval combat, medical rescue challenges, medical treatment highlights and future developments of medical rescue at sea.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433 China.
authors: Hai
authors: H
authors: Jin
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433 China.
authors: Li-Jun
authors: LJ
authors: Hou
authors: Department of Key Laboratory of Wound Repair and Regeneration of PLA, College of Life Sciences, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, 100853 China.
authors: Xiao-Bing
authors: XB
authors: Fu
keywords: Future development; Medical rescue challenges; Naval combat; Rescue highlights