TY - JOUR
T1 - Combat internist
T2 - The internal medicine experience in a combat hospital in Afghanistan
AU - Lee, Rachel U.
AU - Parrish, Scott C.
AU - Saeed, Omar
AU - Fiedler, Joyce P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Military internists and internal medicine subspecialists are physicians who generally work in traditional internal medicine settings. However, when deployed to combat settings, they must prepare and adapt their skills for a wide spectrum of complex, polytrauma, and multinational patients. There are limitations in personnel, equipment, and technical resources that make the circumstances complex and demanding. This article highlights some of the unique roles, challenges, and experiences of four military internists at the NATO Role 3, a deployed combat hospital in Afghanistan.
AB - Military internists and internal medicine subspecialists are physicians who generally work in traditional internal medicine settings. However, when deployed to combat settings, they must prepare and adapt their skills for a wide spectrum of complex, polytrauma, and multinational patients. There are limitations in personnel, equipment, and technical resources that make the circumstances complex and demanding. This article highlights some of the unique roles, challenges, and experiences of four military internists at the NATO Role 3, a deployed combat hospital in Afghanistan.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928570054&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00262
DO - 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00262
M3 - Article
C2 - 25562851
AN - SCOPUS:84928570054
SN - 0026-4075
VL - 180
SP - 12
EP - 16
JO - Military Medicine
JF - Military Medicine
IS - 1
ER -