CONTENTS:
1. FIRST TO CUT: Trauma Lessons Learned In The Combat Zone, 181 pages
2. SURGICAL METHODS, Department Of The Army Subcourse, 84 pages
3. NURSING CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT, Department Of The Army Subcourse, 93 pages
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4. FIRST RESPONDER AND SURGERY VIDEOS
OVERVIEW of FIRST TO CUT Manual
The first goal of this book is simple; to save lives. As all deployed combat surgeons know combat trauma is not your parent’s civilian trauma. There is no equivalent to a patient with 100 fragmentation holes, above the knee amputation and a 10% burn in the civilian world. Being faced with these unique wounding patterns for the first time often results in mistakes that are not repeated due to experiencing it. We will document these experiences in a rapid format – in a conversational tone - so that combat surgeons can hopefully benefit from our mistakes and pearls of wisdom.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, these lessons can only be “forged in the fires of battle”.
COL Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD
Commander, United States Army
Institute of Surgical Research
