ABSTRACT
In times of conflict and disaster, military medical units may be deployed to provide critical care services to an identified population at risk. Military organisations aim to provide the same standard of care as expected in their own country, therefore the type of care provided is likely to be different to those provided by local or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and local national healthcare facilities. Within military medicine, critical care has evolved in terms of its evidence base, technology and resources required in response to conflicts and injury patterns. Emergency department admissions at a multi-national military field hospital deployed to Sipovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; data identified there was an increase in civilian admissions during that time. Military medical services often engage with local services and NGOs particularly when planning the ongoing care of local nationals. Often both military and NGOs will be working in the same space and there needs to be communication, but tensions may exist.
