Colonel Edward Churchill’s Transformation of Wound Care in the Mediterranean Theater of the Second World War

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dc.contributor.author Crews, Emily Michelle
dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-22T13:38:47Z
dc.date.available 2012-05-22T13:38:47Z
dc.date.issued 2012-05-22
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1135
dc.description Emily Crews 2012 history thesis. en_US
dc.description.abstract Colonel Edward D. Churchill’s role as the Chief Surgical Consultant in the Mediterranean Theater of the Second World War brought about major changes to the standards of wound care for all soldiers in the theater. Churchill toured the theater noting the major discrepancies and problems in the medical care of wounded soldiers. Following this tour, Churchill set out to implement higher standards of wound care throughout the theater. Churchill vehemently worked with whole blood use, implementation of an organized evacuation route, and proper surgical techniques. Civilian doctors who made up the U.S. Army Medical Corps as well as medical misinformation caused many of the problems in these three areas. Churchill’s implementation of whole blood use ended the excessive use of plasma, a whole blood substitute, raising the survival rate of the wounded soldiers. Implementation of proper surgical techniques ensured the end of the overuse of sulfonamides, an antibacterial drug, which the military surgeons frequently used in the place of surgery. Lastly, Churchill organized the medical evacuation route from the front lines to the zone of communication which guaranteed that the wounded soldiers received surgical care in a timely and appropriate manner increasing the survival rate of the casualties. These lessons extended far beyond the Mediterranean Theater to help casualties in the Pacific and European Theaters making Churchill’s incites invaluable en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Valdosta State University en_US
dc.rights Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law. en_US
dc.subject Edward D. Churchhill en_US
dc.subject World War Two en_US
dc.subject WWII en_US
dc.subject Wound Care en_US
dc.subject U.S. Army Medical Corps en_US
dc.subject Surgical Techniques en_US
dc.subject Antibacterial Drugs en_US
dc.subject Blood en_US
dc.subject Medical Evacuation Route en_US
dc.subject Survival Rate en_US
dc.subject Mediterranean en_US
dc.subject Casualties en_US
dc.subject Whole Blood Substitute en_US
dc.subject Blood Transfusions en_US
dc.subject Medical Care en_US
dc.subject Medics en_US
dc.subject Plasma en_US
dc.subject Sulfonamides en_US
dc.subject Armed Services Medical Departments en_US
dc.title Colonel Edward Churchill’s Transformation of Wound Care in the Mediterranean Theater of the Second World War en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.contributor.department History en_US
dc.description.advisor Meyers, Christopher, Thesis Chair; Byrd, Melanie, Committee Member; Dunn, John, Committee Member; Noll, Michael, Committee Member; Fuciarelli, Alfred, Dean of Graduate School. en_US
dc.description.degree M.A. en_US


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