SURGERY IN THE DIRT 'GO, GO, GO!".

MILITARY physicians; MILITARY medicine; HOSPITAL emergency services; INTENSIVE care units; WOUNDS & injuries

The article reports on how combat medics are training to save lives under what are expected to be much more challenging circumstances in future conflicts. It mentions work of hospital emergency rooms and intensive care units into the hands of combat medics working in the dirt new burden on medics comes at a time when wounds are increasingly complex. It also mentions issues regarding battlefield supply and resupply for prolonged field care.