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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    David G. Burris

  2. Emergency Department UCH, London, UK

    Manolis Gavalas

  3. University College London Hospitals NHS, Trust A&E Department, London, UK

    Claire Walford

  4. University College Hospital, Cecil Flemming Building, London, UK

    Shautek Nazeer

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Inspector General Military Health Care, Ministry of Defence (MOD NL), The Netherlands

    Adriaan P. C. C. Hopperus Buma

  2. Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    David G. Burris  & James M. Ryan (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine) &  (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine)

  3. Former Army Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, UK

    Alan Hawley (The Army Medical Directorate) (The Army Medical Directorate)

  4. St George's University of London, Tooting, London, UK

    James M. Ryan (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine) (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine)

  5. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney (Defence Professor Anaesthesia and Critical Care DMA&CC) (Defence Professor Anaesthesia and Critical Care DMA&CC)

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Burris, D.G., Gavalas, M., Walford, C., Nazeer, S. (2009). Acute Medical Problems. In: Buma, A.P.C.C.H., Burris, D.G., Hawley, A., Ryan, J.M., Mahoney, P.F. (eds) Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-352-1_30

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