PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tim Packer
AU  - L McMenemy
AU  - J Kendrew
AU  - S A Stapley
TI  - Military trauma and orthopaedics experience of the UK COVID-19 pandemic: a lesson in versatility and how it can influence our deployed role
AID  - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001663
DP  - 2020 Dec 23
TA  - BMJ Military Health
PG  - bmjmilitary-2020-001663
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2020/12/23/bmjmilitary-2020-001663.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2020/12/23/bmjmilitary-2020-001663.full
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated unprecedented change within the NHS. Some medical staff have been deployed into unfamiliar roles, while others have been exposed to innovative ways of working. The embedded military Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) cadre have been integral to this change. Many of these new skills and ways of working learnt will be transferable to deployed environments. Feedback from the T&O military cadre highlighted key areas of learning as changes in T&O services, use of technology, personal protective equipment, redeployment and training. This paper aims to discuss how these changes were implement and how they could be used within future military roles. The T&O cadre played important roles within their NHS trusts and the skills they learnt will broaden their skills and knowledge for future deployments.