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Chapter 21 - Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery in a Field Hospital

from Section 4 - Clinical Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

By
Tal Marom ,
Haim Lavon  and
Ariel Hirschhorn
Edited by
Elhanan Bar-On ,
Kobi Peleg  and
Yitshak Kreiss
Elhanan Bar-On
Affiliation:
The Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Kobi Peleg
Affiliation:
National Center for Trauma & Emergency Medicine Research, The Gertner Institute for Health Policy and Epidemiology and Tel-Aviv University, Disaster Medicine Department
Yitshak Kreiss
Affiliation:
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Summary

Maxillofacial and otolaryngology/head and neck surgery health-care professionals play a vital role in field hospitals due to their expertise in caring for acute trauma care patients and treating emergent life-threatening conditions; that is, airway injuries and head and neck infections. In this chapter, we review common conditions and injuries treated by this team. The large volume of the expected patients presenting with various related conditions make the presence of the otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon extremely valuable.

Keywords

Otolaryngologyhead and neck surgerymaxillofacial surgeryfacial traumaairway traumaneck traumafacial fracturedifficult airwayfacial reconstruction
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Field Hospitals
A Comprehensive Guide to Preparation and Operation
 , pp. 213 - 216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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