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ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN FORWARD AREAS: OBSERVATIONS MADE IN A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, 1941–1943. 1
Author(s) -
Rogers By Lindsay S.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1944.tb04431.x
Subject(s) - medicine , battle , clearing , ileus , medical emergency , surgery , general surgery , archaeology , finance , economics , history
Summary The following points have been made, and their application should help towards the recovery of the patient with an abdominal wound. In the Field. –Two days before battle give all assault soldiers clean clothes and succinyl sulpliatliiazole. They should enter battle with an empty belly, an empty bladder and a high blood sugar content. In the Field Ambulance. – Give morphine in full doses, and waste no time on resuscitation except to apply warmth. In the Casualty Clearing Station. – Better and more stable team work on the part of all members of the team is needed. Operating must be quicker and more thorough. The Miller‐Abbot tube should be used whenever ileus develops. Better cards should be used for record purposes.