Trauma treatment in a Role 1 medical facility in Afghanistan

Vedel, Pernille; Helsø, Ida; Jørgensen, Henrik L.; Lauritzen, Jes Bruun; Nissen, Lars Ravnborg

doi:10.1136/jramc-2013-000051

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“…Role 1 is the first point of medical care for medical and trauma emergencies,7 except where a medical emergency response team deploys directly to the incident scene. In comparison to mature operations such as those recently undertaken in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is possible that in future contingency operations, including those providing humanitarian relief,8 the number of personnel deployed will be smaller and the medical provision will be more tailored to address the population at risk.…”

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Acute chest pain in contingency operations at a Role 1 facility

Barker¹,

White

Bailey³

et al. 2015

J R Army Med Corps

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Acute chest pain is a common medical presenting complaint which can be difficult to diagnose and treat outside of a fully equipped emergency department. In future contingency operations the number of personnel deployed is likely be smaller, with the medical cover appropriate for the population at risk, such that the deployed medical facilities will be smaller than the Role 3 unit with which we have become familiar over the last 10 years of operations in Afghanistan. Physician involvement in these smaller medical facilities is crucial to maintain clinical effect when dealing with patients presenting with disease and non-battle injury, which can often make up the majority of deployed healthcare work. Patients presenting with chest pain require rapid assessment and stabilisation prior to medical evacuation to a suitable definitive care unit. This article focuses on emergency acute chest pain presentations, non-cardiac causes of chest pain, risk reduction and how contingency will affect patient care.

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