Scoring systems and their possible use in a military ICU setting.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Historically, burns have formed a significant proportion of the casualties of war. The management of burns in recent conflict has been found to be a resource-heavy undertaking, though its impact on both personnel and resources in current conflicts is unclear. A case analysis has been carried out in order to ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Jeevaratnam JA,Pandya AN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease of the liver is highly prevalent in oriental countries including Turkey, in which their population live mostly in rural areas. The outcome of surgical methods used in the management of a cystic cavity in patients with hepatic hydatid disease was evaluated. Three hundred and forty consecutive patients w...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Akin ML,Erenoglu C,Uncu EU,Basekim C,Batkin A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For military forces, the control of infectious acute gastroenteritis constitutes an old, constant and unsolved concern. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that the common bacterial causes are being overtaken by viruses. Norviruses are the most alarming group and norovirus outbreaks in military forces are regularly...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Delacour H,Dubrous P,Koeck JL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, substantial numbers of service personnel survived devastating injuries, presenting significant challenges for early rehabilitation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine personnel augmented NHS therapy provision, gaining significan...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Pope S,Vickerstaff AL,Wareham AP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deployment of 16 Air Assault Brigade to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in April-October 2006 was supported by a two -surgeon Field Surgical Team (FST) embedded within a 25 bed medical facility. We report the summative operative experience of the FST in order to analyse workload, case-mix and outline future training...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Tai N,Hill P,Kay A,Parker P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of British Military Hospitals was established between 1915 and 1918 along the estuary of the River Canche on the northern French coast. Their positions, now obliterated, can be identified from a plan of the time. With the growing realisation of the importance of bacteriology in the treatment of wound infection...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Meynell EW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detailed knowledge of the likely volume and nature of the diseases presenting to deployed secondary care facilities aids operational planning. Now the British operation in Afghanistan has ended and a record of the experience is useful to preserve the lessons learned. METHODS:Over a 2-year period from April ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Cox AT,Lentaigne J,White S,Burns DS,Parsons I,O'Shea M,Stacey M,Sharma S,Wilson D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in children is associated with a low probability of survival and poor neurological outcome in survivors. Since 2003, over 600 seriously injured local national children have been treated at deployed UK military medical treatment facilities during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflic...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Hillman CM,Rickard A,Rawlins M,Smith JE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate smoking prevalence of Tri-Service recruits, and changes in smoking behaviour at 3-year follow-up, by trade group and gender. Associations with educational attainment and deprivation were also assessed. METHODS: Analysis of a survey into the health behaviours of ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Bray I,Richardson P,Harrison K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military training facilities and operational theatres, and the stressful activities undertaken in such settings, are unique. Military personnel living and working in these environments are at considerable risk of the acquisition and onward transmission of a variety of respiratory infections. While these generally caus...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： O'Shea MK,Wilson D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Currently, there is no research available on the experiences of spouses providing informal care to wounded, injured or sick (WIS) UK military personnel. The aim of this study was to fill this gap by investigating the relationship experiences of non-military partners caring for WIS UK military personnel. METHODS:Sp...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Thandi G,Oram S,Verey A,Greenberg N,Fear NT

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates mortality from ischaemic heart disease during 1973-1984 in males under 55 years of age in the three Armed Services. Comparisons are drawn within and between each service and with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in the UK male population. Evidence of a significant decline in the Army dea...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Gray J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who presented with recurrent bilateral knee effusions was found to have positive serum syphilis serology. She was treated with oral erythromycin to a total of 40 grams and intra-articular injection of steroids in the right knee joint. Late congenital syphilitic arthritis is discussed with a review of the lit...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Kabuubi JB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) course is a 3 day course run by BASICS Education for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Nursing and the NHS Ambulance Service. PHEC teaches and examines the care of medical, trauma, paediatric and obstetric patients in the pre-hospital environment. 243 (...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Greaves I

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper clinical practice in the military for IUD insertion is outlined. Bimanual examination of the pelvis is prerequisite; a Cusco speculum should be used to visualize the cervix and vagina. Cervical erosion and vaginal discharges should be treated before insertion. The basic insertion method is to fix the blades ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Alexander I

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to evaluate the causative organisms in young male soldiers with clinical signs and symptoms after sexual contact that suggests a diagnosis of urethritis. METHODS:Between June 2012 and January 2015, male patients with urethritis symptoms that had resulted from sexual contact within 3 ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Kim HJ,Park JK,Park SC,Kim YG,Choi H,Ko JI,Kim MK,Jeong YB,Shin YS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During this conflict 34 Field Hospital, the sole Coalition field hospital located in Iraq, received and treated casualties with a wide range of injuries. Located very close to the front line during the period of combat hostilities, it was potentially going to deal with relatively fewer battle-injured extremi...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Ramalingam T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) has justly regarded its relief of the appalling conditions found in the liberated Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 as one of its more glorious achievements. This view has, in the last decade, come under attack from historians who have, inter alia, crit...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： MacAuslan R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:SLAP (superior labrum anterior and posterior) lesions are a recognised cause of shoulder pain and instability. They can occur following a direct blow, biceps traction and compression injuries, and are commonly seen in overhead athletes. Military personnel are physically active and often subjected to trauma. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Kampa RJ,Clasper J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the non-operative management of five patients with ballistic abdominal solid organ injuries in a role 2E medical treatment facility. The selective non-operative management of ballistic abdominal solid organ injury is an accepted management strategy in high-volume civilian trauma centres, and app...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Wood AM,Trimble K,Louden MA,Jansen J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pentazocine induced hallucinations which responded to treatment with Naloxone is reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Jago RH,Restall J,Stonham J

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This historical account, based on a survey of 250 medical articles written during and immediately after World War II, reviews the immediate treatment of frostbite in the American and German ground troops in Europe from 1941 to 1945. The American management was simpler and more conservative than the elaborate treatment...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Defalque RJ,Wright AJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venom ophthalmia is a condition that can be eyesight threatening. This article describes a case of venom ophthalmia due to the Naja pallida (red spitting cobra) and is aimed to educate readers regarding the management of an uncommon, yet important, pathology that deployed military personnel may encounter. Simple first...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Handford C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 15 month period, all the scripts written by doctors in the Episkopi Garrison Medical Centre, Cyprus, were analysed. A formulary was produced by using the most popular items in that 15 month period and tested in a one month trial period. The idea was to find a practical and efficient method of producing a 'basic...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Morton IN

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 28 years old Caucasian woman is presented with acute tibial compartment of her left leg secondary to repeated self inflicted soft tissue injuries, together with literature review on Dermatitis Artefacta. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Eskander MB,MacDonald R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac disease remains a significant threat to both local and deployed military populations. In this article we present several cardiac case reports which may be of educational use to the military clinician. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Boos CJ,Cox AT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, many UK military personnel were killed or injured by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Insurgents sought to develop new ways of concealing and detonating IEDs, and UK forces invested significantly in finding increasingly effective methods of detecting and avoiding them....

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Cornes KR,Boardman M,Ford C,Smith S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systemic arterial pressure rises on acute exposure to high altitude and changes in blood pressure (BP) and endothelial function may be important in the pathogenesis of clinical syndromes occurring at high altitude. METHODS:Arterial BP, stiffness (SI) and tone (RI) were studied over 11 days in 17 subjects (t...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Rhodes HL,Chesterman K,Chan CW,Collins P,Kewley E,Pattinson KT,Myers S,Imray CH,Wright AD,Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both flexible and rigid cysto-urethroscopy are routinely used in the surveillance of transitional cell bladder tumours. This study addressed the issue of patient selection for either rigid or flexible cystoscopy. What proportion of positive findings at flexible cystoscopy and negative findings at rigid cystoscopy are ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Keoghane SR,Ritchie AW,Jones DJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage Control Radiology describes the process where imaging aids the decision making process in a trauma setting and is an important part of Damage Control Surgery and Resuscitation. This article outlines how radiology fits in to the primary and secondary surveys and discusses the role of imaging modalities such as u...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Gay DA,Miles RM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00