Austere Military Disaster Planning

When I think about austere medicine, I tend to think about wilderness medicine, but it is not actually limited to the wilderness arena at all. Technically, the practice of austere medicine is just medicine in resource constrained environments and who goes into resources limited situations more than the military? Today we will discuss military and austere medicine, and in particular disaster planning in those environments with Dr. Laura Tilley.

Dr. Tilley recently separated from the Army as a Lt. Colonel and in her time in the military she served as a battalion surgeon in Khost, Afghanistan during operation enduring freedom. After separating from the Army she joined the faculty at George Washington University as an emergency medicine attending physician.

References:

• Health Professions Scholarship Program
• Uniformed Services University
• To Ma’am with Love: USU’s Graduating Class Celebrates a Memorable Teacher and Mentor
• Prolonged Casualty Care Clinical Practice Guidelines