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Future of Battlefield Surgery
FromCoda Change
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Future of Battlefield Surgery. The traditional battlefield involved soldiers on both sides, fighting against each other. Today, the battlefield is quite different and this has impacted how we practice surgery. Why? First, the world is full, more than half of humanity lives in cities. Hospitals in developing countries are exhausted and under-resourced. Furthermore, the threats we face today are global - global warming, pollution, air pollution, terrorism and water supply. Modern-day weapons are so powerful that conventional warfare is almost obsolete - atomic weapons, cyber warfare.. the list goes on. Finally, diagnosis and surgical intervention relies on extensive technology and minimal invasiveness. This is unsuitable to battlefield situations and makes it incredibly challenging to provide care. MSF goes where no one else will go, but doing this kind of good is not getting any easier. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts
Released:
May 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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