The role of the operating department practitioner on board Role 2 Afloat

A Stables; G Seal; S J Mercer

doi:10.1136/jrnms-103-30

The role of the operating department practitioner on board Role 2 Afloat

A Stables, G Seal, S J Mercer

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Aintree University Hospital

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Abstract

The Role 2 Afloat (R2A) is the Royal Navy (RN)’s Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR), including Damage Control Surgery, capability at sea. There are currently three operating department practitioners (ODP) in the deployed team. This article describes the role of the ODP in this team and the training which is required to fulfil this role.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-1
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service
Volume	103
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jrnms-103-30
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017

Keywords

Humans
Mobile Health Units/organization & administration
Naval Medicine/organization & administration
Operating Rooms/organization & administration
Patient Care Team/organization & administration
Ships
United Kingdom
Workforce

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