Doctors ’ and Nurses’ Perceptions of Military Pre-hospital Emergency Care – When Training Becomes Reality

Doctors and nurses face a complex task when they take care of casualties in the field. Casualty care in austere environments is context dependent. It is not possible to transfer civilian guidelines to the military environment without the necessary adjustments to these guidelines, in order not to cause problems [1]. After finishing their pre-deployment training, the doctors and nurses end up directly in reality. There are no opportunities to obtain clinical training in the actual context, as would be the standard in civilian health care.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - January 25, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Sten-Ove Andersson, Lars Lundberg, Anders Jonsson, Pia Tingstr öm, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren Source Type: research