Casualties, Battlefield Medicine, & Lessons from Ukraine - Threats, Logistics & Innovations

The logistical challenges in Ukraine are not limited to supplying forces in the field, they also extend to the absolutely vital task of recovering and treating the wounded.

In this episode we explore recent publications on battlefield threats, medical treatment, and innovations in Ukraine - and reflect on what lessons other nations observing the hard fighting there might be able to learn to better prepare themselves for potential future conflicts

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Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and warnings apply - as do those flagged in the video (e.g. I am not a Doctor)

Selected Reading/sourcing

Putting Medical Boots on the Ground: Lessons from the War in Ukraine and Applications for Future Conflict with Near-Peer Adversaries
Epstein, Aaron MD, MA; Lim, Robert MD, FACS, FASMBS; Johannigman, Jay MD, USAR, MC; Fox, Charles J MD, FACS; Inaba, Kenji MD, FACS; Vercruysse, Gary A MD, FACS; Thomas, Richard W MD, DDS, MSS; Martin, Matthew J MD, FACS; Konstantyn, Gumeniuk MD, PhD; Schwaitzberg, Steven D MD, FACS, MAMSE
https://journals.lww.com/journalacs/f...

Medical Changes Needed for Large-Scale Combat Operations - Observations from Mission Command Training Program Warfighter Exercises - Col. Matthew Fandre, MD, U.S. Army
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Porta...

Army Medicine’s Critical Role in Large-Scale Combat Operations
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Porta...
Lt. Col. Matthew K. Marsh, U.S. Army & Capt. Ryan L. Hampton, U.S. Army

Presentation of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood Program – 2018 RDCR Symposium - Col Audra L. Taylor
https://rdcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2...

Walking blood banks
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/496628...

Blood transfusions in Ukraine
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/20...
https://moz.gov.ua/article/news/urjad...

Attacks on UA Hospitals (March 2022)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

Ukraine asked hospitals to temporarily suspend planned surgeries (Dec 2022)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

M113 evacuation
  / ukrainian_m113_medevac_rescuing_wounded_so...  
  / m113_was_equipped_for_evacuation_of_the_first  

Training for UA medical staff
https://news.metrohealth.org/video-me...

Ukraine medical evacuation trains and flights
https://www.voanews.com/a/speeding-we...
https://www.voanews.com/a/the-flying-...

Medical Bushmaster
https://defense-update.com/20180124_b...

Vietnam war US casualties
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/co...

Stretcher Drone
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new...

Casualties and care in Afghanistan
Afghanistan statistics: UK deaths, casualties, mission costs and refugees
https://researchbriefings.files.parli...

Foreign medical aid
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/...

TASS on Leopard 2
https://tass.com/politics/1566983

TBI after Iranian missile attack
https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-...

Western equipment survival reporting
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world...
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/v...
https://defence-blog.com/ukrainian-so...

Body armour for Ukraine
https://www.wamc.org/news/2022-03-23/...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfar...

Shoigu on Ukraine casualties
https://www.rt.com/russia/563213-ukra...

Timestamps
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:06 — What Am I Talking About?
00:01:58 — A Note On This Topic
00:03:23 — History
00:13:23 — Casualty Patterns
00:25:32 — Issues
00:40:23 — Casualty Minimisation
00:45:50 — Casualty Mitigation
00:48:52 — Lessons
00:58:08 — Rehabilitation And Mental Care
01:01:36 — Conclusion
01:02:50 — Channel Update