EVALUATION OF TRAUMA MANAGEMENT SKILL IN SURGEONS WORKING IN HOSTILE CONFLICT ZONE

Dr Amita Jain; Dr Madhav Madhusudan Singh

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

EVALUATION OF TRAUMA MANAGEMENT SKILL IN SURGEONS WORKING IN HOSTILE CONFLICT ZONE

Dr Amita Jain, Dr Madhav Madhusudan Singh

Abstract :

With modern surgical concept & surgeons of newer generation are trained to practice in super specialties & multidisciplinary teams like urology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, maxillofacial,reconstructive,vascular, gastrointestinal, thoracic etc. In austere scenario,atHostile conflictcondition surgeon should be competent enough for life & limb saving surgery with knowledge of all relevant subspecialty & superspeciality. These wounds have minimal resources&varied working conditions. Various improvisation & compromises are required for management decision. In such areas different echelons of care are provided by different surgeon�s, constraints of tactical situation, mass casualty management with principles of triage, wound pathology by bullets, bombs & blast, terrain specific catastrophe like frost bite, trench foot in snow or heat stroke in desert.