Recognition of the need for evidence-based interventions to help to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian responses has been increasing. However, little …

Abstract The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life
Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised …

Despite advances in resuscitation and surgical management of combat wounds, infection
remains a concerning and potentially preventable complication of combat-related injuries …

Object Civilian gunshot wounds to the head (GSWH) are often deadly, but some patients
with open cranial wounds need medical and surgical management and are potentially good …

Between the Upper Palaeolithic and the spread of metallurgy stone-tipped projectiles were
of great importance both for subsistence and as weapons. Whilst finds of embedded …

Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) remains one of the most devastating and lethal
forms of trauma. Prognosis is generally poor and, for those who survive long enough to …

Each year close to 20 000 Americans are involved in gunshot wounds to the head (GSWH).
Over 90% of the victims of GSWH eventually fail to survive and only a meager 5% of the …

Introduction Humanitarian crises continue to pose a significant threat to health; the United
Nations estimates that 144 million people are directly affected by conflict or environmental …

Introduction France deployed to Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014 within the International
Security and Assistance Force. A French role 3 hospital was built in 2009 in the vicinity of …

Background Since 2011, civil war has crippled Syria leaving much of the population without
access to healthcare. Various field hospitals have been clandestinely set up to provide basic …