Combat casualties from two current conflicts with the Seventh French Forward Surgical Team in Mali and Central African Republic in 2014

Conclusions Casualties from Mali and CAR presented with a wide variety of injury patterns, and there were some instances where damage control surgery and whole blood transfusion were necessary. Surgical equipment scales must allow treatment of a large variety of injuries including all body regions and extreme emergency procedures. These two conflicts differ in terms of scope, one being an urban guerrilla and the other an open conflict in a large desertic area. Long distances in the Malian desert increase significantly the evacuation time. It has to be taken into account in the FST location when coalition forces are deployed in such places.

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Source: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - November 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dubost, C., Goudard, Y., Soucanye de Landevoisin, E., Contargyris, C., Evans, D., Pauleau, G. Tags: Haematology (incl blood transfusion), Trauma, Injury Original article Source Type: research