We write in response to the letter to the editor “Untangling the Forward Blood Transfusion Conversation” and thank the authors for their interest in our article on “Autologous Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion Training – a Narrative Review and Report of U.S. Military Experience”1. We acknowledge the concerns raised over possible intertwining autologous Fresh Whole Blood… Read more »
Abstract Introduction There is an increasing recognition of the need for deployed intensive care physicians (intensivists) with the changing nature of conflict. Required capabilities of military intensivists are determined by the operational context and is different to those of the civilian work environment. We sought to identify an operational clinical skillset for military critical care… Read more »
Introduction Haemorrhage remains a leading cause of preventable deaths in conventional land warfare and, more recently, counterterrorism operations. From the Vietnam and Korean Wars to the contemporary battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Global War on Terrorism, haemorrhage accounts for 50–87% of potentially survivable casualties.1, 2 The implementation and ongoing development of Tactical Combat… Read more »
Originally published in Monash Bioethics Review, 2023 Jan 11. doi: 10.1007/s40592-022-00168-2 Abstract Since the mid-1800s, clergy, doctors, other clinicians, and military personnel who specifically facilitate their work have been designated “non-combatants”, protected from being targeted in return for providing care on the basis of clinical need alone. While permitted to use weapons to protect themselves… Read more »
