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Introduction to Trauma in Austere Environments

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Musculoskeletal trauma is rapidly increasing in austere environments. Trauma systems are often rudimentary as are social nets.

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    1 TBSA–total body surface area of second and third burns only. Determine the extent of injury by “rule of 9 s.” The head, each entire arm, and the entire front or the entire back of each leg individually makes up 9 % TBSA. The anterior trunk and posterior trunk make up 18 % each.

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  1. 172 Stillwater Loop Road, Columbus, MT, 59019, USA

    Michelle Foltz MD

  2. Plastic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, 2409 Cloy Ave, Venice, CA, 90201, USA

    Nadine B. Semer MD, MPH, FACS

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

  4. World Orthopedic Concern, 9d The Grove, Highgate Village, London, N6 6JU, UK

    Geoffrey Walker FRCS (Eng and Ed), FCS (Hon), ESCA

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Foltz, M., Semer, N.B., Gosselin, R.A., Walker, G. (2014). Introduction to Trauma in Austere Environments. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_17

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