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Tytuł:
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Military assistance to the civil authority: medical liaison with the Manchester clinicians after the Arena bombing.
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Autorzy:
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Bowley DM; General Surgery, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK .
Davis N; Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Ballard M; Radiology, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
Orr L; Otorhinolaryngology, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
Eddleston J; Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia in Manchester Royal Infirmary, Clinical Head of the Clinical and Scientific Services Division within the Trust and Deputy Medical Director, Manchester, UK.
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Źródło:
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BMJ military health [BMJ Mil Health] 2020 Apr; Vol. 166 (2), pp. 76-79. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 16.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: [London] : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., [2020]-
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MeSH Terms:
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Bombs*
Mass Casualty Incidents*
Military Personnel*
State Medicine*
Terrorism*
Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration
Humans ; United Kingdom
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: surgery; trauma management
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20180718 Date Completed: 20210122 Latest Revision: 20210122
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Update Code:
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20240105
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DOI:
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10.1136/jramc-2018-000944
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PMID:
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30012665
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UK Defence Medical Services' personnel have experienced an intense exposure to patients injured during war over the last decade and a half. As some bitter lessons of war surgery were relearned and innovative practices introduced, outcomes for patients impr oved consistently as experience accumulated. The repository of many of the enduring lessons learnt at the Role 4 echelon of care remain at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), with the National Health Service and Defence Medical Services personnel who treated the returning casualties. On 22 May 2017, a terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device at the Manchester Arena, killing 22 and wounding 159 people. In the aftermath of the event, QEHB was requested to provide support to the Manchester clinicians and teleconferencing and then two clinical visits were arranged. This short report describes the nature of the visits, outlines the principles of Military Aid to the Civil Authority and looks to the future role of the Defence Medical Services in planning and response to UK terrorism events.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
(© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2020. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.)
