DENGUE FEVER WITH HEMORRHAGIC FEATURES IN A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER

From: Prehospital Emergency Care | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Taylor, Charles L; Taylor, Shawn F | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Military operations are conducted in a variety of settings. Some settings provide significant U.S. resources for preventive, primary, urgent, and emergency or trauma care. Other operations consist of small numbers of personnel relying on limited internal, improvised, and/or host nation resources. Special Forces often conduct their missions in rural, austere, and remote settings with a small "medical footprint." Often the supported government has difficulty providing essential ...

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