Burn injury care for Special Forces and far-forward deployed troops.

Mil Med

Auckland Regional Burn Service, Plastic Surgical Department, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.

Published: November 2005

Special Forces are at risk of serious burn injury. We have suggested standard operating procedures for burn injury management in a constrained environment, with novel uses of operational kit components for trauma care. In addition, we propose instruction in basic skills of escharotomy for forward troops.

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