Surgical care is increasingly recognized as a critical component of
global health, and strong surgical skills, teamwork, and poise
under pressure become even more imperative during conflict or
disaster. When faced with hospital bombings or devastating
earthquakes, healthcare personnel must develop special techniques
and abilities to ably care for patients despite limited resources
and a disrupted health system. In Operation Crisis, Dr. Adam L.
Kushner brings together 22 medical experts from around the world to
recount their experiences in the field when disaster struck. These
candid firsthand accounts from both local and international aid
surgeons provide clinicians and public health practitioners with
insightful lessons for effectively treating surgical patients under
the most grueling of circumstances. Moving from conflict settings
that include war zones in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Syria, and South Sudan, Operation Crisis also touches on
post-earthquake Haiti and Nepal and post-tsunami Indonesia.
Individual themed chapters cover mass casualty training, burn care,
obstetric care, sexual violence, and landmine injuries. Combining
personal stories with lessons learned and possible interventions,
these vivid and affecting essays detail the immediate aftermath of
conflict and disaster while pointing the way to improving care for
future victims of crisis. Intended to spark further discussion and
function as an advocacy tool while highlighting situations where
surgical care can save lives and reduce disability, this book is a
valuable resource for medical professionals, students, policy
makers, international aid organizations, and philanthropic donors.
Contributors: Kapendra Shekhar Amatya, Samer Attar, Jeffrey A.
Bailey, Lucas C. Carlson, James C. Cobey, Dattesh R. Dave, Dan L.
Deckelbaum, Richard A. Gosselin, Shailvi Gupta, Edna Adan Ismail,
Thaim B. Kamara, T. Peter Kingham, Adam L. Kushner, Judy M. Lee,
Maria "Tane" Pilar Luna, Brijesh Mishra, Kyle N. Remick, Lauri J.
Romanzi, Michael Sinclair, Barclay T. Stewart, Marten van Wijhe,
Evan G. Wong
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