A discussion about the JTS Emergency General Surgery CPG with CDR Jacob Glazer, MD, a Navy Trauma & Critical Care Surgeon and Maj Andrew Hall, MD from USAF CSTARS.

Not all casualties are trauma patients on the battlefield. Listen to this podcast about the considerations for emergency surgery in the deployed setting that may seem like routine surgery but requires unique decisions.

The following topics are discussed:

Overall need and purpose for a emergency general surgery
Surgical decision-making in the deployed environment
Common non-trauma conditions requiring emergency surgery
Various surgical patient populations in the deployed setting
Approaches to surgical decision-making with limitations on diagnostics and reliance on physical exams
Decision matrix in the CPG
Identification of emergent versus urgent surgical patients
Decisions based on follow-on care needs
Integrating surgical decision-making with command and mission requirements
Post-surgical and evacuation decision-making

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