Consensus Statements Regarding the Multidisciplinary Care of Limb Amputation Patients in Disasters or Humanitarian Emergencies: Report of the 2011 Humanitarian Action Summit Surgical Working Group on Amputations Following Disasters or Conflict

Marie Knowlton, Lisa; E. Gosney, James; Chackungal, Smita; Lewin Altschuler, Eric; Black, Lynn; M. Burkle, Frederick; Casey, Kathleen; Crandell, David; Demey, Didier; Di Giacomo, Lillian; E. Dohlman, Lena; Goldstein, Joshua; A. Gosselin, Richard; Ikeda, Keita; Le Roy, Andree; F. Linden, Allison; M. Mullaly, Catherine; Nickerson, Jason; O’Connell, Colleen; Redmond, Anthony; Richards, Adam; Rufsvold, Robert; LR Santos, Anna; Skelton, Terri; McQueen, Kelly

doi:10.1017/s1049023x12000076

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Consensus Statements Regarding the Multidisciplinary Care of Limb Amputation Patients in Disasters or Humanitarian Emergencies: Report of the 2011 Humanitarian Action Summit Surgical Working Group on Amputations Following Disasters or Conflict

Published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine • Dec 1, 2011

Authors:

Lisa Marie Knowlton

James E. Gosney

Smita Chackungal

Abstract

Limb amputations are frequently performed as a result of trauma inflicted during conflict or disasters. As demonstrated during the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, coordinating care of these patients in austere settings is complex. During the 2011 Humanitarian Action Summit, consensus statements were devel...

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Summit

Amputation

Multidisciplinary approach

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