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Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty

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For the ballistic trauma casualty, the intraoperative period is critical. The anesthetic care received in this period can be the difference between life and death – between complication and recovery. This chapter provides practical recommendations to deliver effective anesthesia care to these challenging patients.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Operative Services, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

    Craig C. McFarland

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

    Craig C. McFarland

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  1. Dept. Surgery, Div. Traumatology &, University of Pennsylvania Medical Ctr., Spruce St. 3400, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Adam J. Brooks

  2. , Academic Department of Military Surgery, Frimley Park Foundation Trust, Surrey, GU16 7UJ, United Kingdom

    Jon Clasper

  3. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Institute of Research & Development, Acad. Dept. of Military Surgery & Trauma, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Mark Midwinter

  4. Birmingham Research Park, Acad. Dept. of Military Emergency Med., Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Timothy J. Hodgetts

  5. Inst. Research & Development, Dept. Military Anaesthesia, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom

    Peter F. Mahoney

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McFarland, C.C. (2011). Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty. In: Brooks, A., Clasper, J., Midwinter, M., Hodgetts, T., Mahoney, P. (eds) Ryan's Ballistic Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-124-8_21

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