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Casualty evacuation in Korea, 1950-53: the British experience

Abstract:

The Korean War was the first conflict in which helicopters were used extensively for casualty evacuation but their contribution to medical evacuation at that time is disputed. On the one hand, many cases undoubtedly survived because of helicopter transportation; on the other, the proportion of casualties evacuated appears to have been small and difficult to determine precisely. Taking the British army as a case study, this article looks more closely at arrangements for casualty evacuation in ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.13081/kjmh.2023.32.503

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
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Publisher:
Korean Society for the History of Medicine
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medical History More from this journal
Volume:
32
Issue:
2
Pages:
503-552
Publication date:
2023-08-31
Acceptance date:
2023-08-19
DOI:
EISSN:
2093-5609
ISSN:
1225-505X


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1518260
Local pid:
pubs:1518260
Deposit date:
2023-09-01

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