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Combat Medicine Operations Manual

From the Korean War to Afghanistan
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Combat Medicine Operations Manual by Dr Penny Starns offers an insightful exploration into the evolution and techniques of battlefield medical care. It provides detailed accounts of the challenges faced by medical personnel in diverse combat scenarios, highlighting historical advancements and innovations in military medicine. The manual illustrates the critical role of medics in saving lives amidst the chaos of war, providing both historical context and practical knowledge.
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Combat Medicine Operations Manual

Since the discovery and widespread use of penicillin in the Second World War there have been enormous changes in surgical and nursing techniques enabling frontline medical teams to save soldiers’ lives and alleviate suffering on the battlefield. Dr Penny Starns gives a detailed, insightful account of battlefield medicine from Korea to Afghanistan.

• Vivid insights into battlefield medicine from Korea to Afghanistan. • Authoritative medical history author with clinical background. • Includes coverage of first response, casevac, anaesthetics, vascular and orthopaedic surgery, traumatic head and facial injuries, psychological trauma, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, and the role of field hospitals. • Fully illustrated with archive and present day imagery.

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Since the discovery and widespread use of penicillin in the Second World War, which was a major turning point in 20th century combat medicine, there have been enormous changes in surgical and nursing techniques enabling frontline medical teams to save soldiers’ lives and alleviate suffering on the battlefield.

The Korean War saw the first use of helicopters to airlift wounded troops to medical facilities away from the front line, while the Falklands War, both Gulf Wars, and the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan have been characterised by the introduction of new surgical procedures using image intensifiers and a trend towards laser treatments.

Dr Penny Starns gives a detailed and insightful account of battlefield medicine from Korea to Afghanistan in Combat Medicine Operations Manual.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785212659

Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: J H Haynes & Co Ltd

Illustration: 250 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 850g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Dr Penny Starns is an established historian and writer. She has a PhD in the history of medicine from the University of Bristol and has worked as a historical researcher for BBC Radio 4 and as a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, University of London and University of Bristol. Penny is author of Sisters of the Somme, Odette: World War Two's Darling Spy, Surviving Tenko: The True Story of Margot Turner, and Blitz Families: The Children who Stayed Behind. She lives in Bristol.

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