The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been epitomized by the insurgents' use of the
improvised explosive device against vehicle-borne security forces. These weapons, capable …

Conflict has historically driven advances in military medicine. Sustained casualty rates since
2003 for UK military personnel on Operation Telic (Iraq) and Operation Herrick (Afghanistan) …

BACKGROUND The United Kingdom was at war in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a
decade. Despite assertions regarding advances in military trauma care during these wars …

BACKGROUND Hemorrhage following traumatic injury is a leading cause of military and
civilian mortality. Noncompressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH) has been identified as …

Introduction Extremity injuries predominate in warfare, however their nature, and overall
burden to the individual and the health service is yet to be characterised for the UK military …

Objectives Combat casualty care is a complex system involving multiple clinicians, medical
interventions and casualty transfers. Improving the performance of this system requires …

This paper discusses mathematical models of expressing severity of injury and probability of
survival following trauma and their use in establishing clinical governance of a trauma …

Background: Anti-vehicle mines and improvised explosive devices remain the most
prevalent threat to coalition troops operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Detonation of these …

Background: Improvements in protection and medical treatments have resulted in increasing
numbers of modern-warfare casualties surviving with complex lower-extremity injuries. To …

The types of explosive devices used in warfare and the pattern of war wounds have
changed in recent years. There has, for instance, been a considerable increase in high …