What is Emergency Medicine - What bodily parts sustain injuries the most frequently during combat?1/13/2023 What is Emergency Medicine - What bodily parts sustain injuries the most frequently during combat? • 4%–24% for the head and neck • Thoracic wounds: 4% to 15% • 2%–20% of injuries are abdominal. • Injury to an extremity: 50% to 75% 33. A glance into the future • In military combat regions, the use of blood products as the preferred fluid when treating trauma has long been accepted. Logistics appear to limit use in the prehospital civilian situation, but it is being investigated. • The antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to lessen the requirement for blood transfusions after surgery by preventing clot breakup. It is still used off-label in prehospital and combat contexts even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet given it official approval. The invasive treatment known as resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) involves inserting an occlusive balloon into the aorta via the femoral artery. Until surgical control can be achieved, the objective is to stop noncompressible bleeding. The effectiveness of the intervention is still being researched. Given the procedure's intricacy, its usefulness in a tactical setting is in doubt.
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