Currently, no comprehensive practical surgical textbook or other reference exists for the management of injured and other surgical patients at sea.  This text focuses on the increasingly important field of medical and surgical management of patients in the modern expeditionary maritime environment.  The editors and contributors to this new handbook are a group of physicians, nurses, and corpsmen with extensive experience in caring for patients in the expeditionary maritime environment, designing and implementing current doctrine and policy, and publishing peer-reviewed articles focused on...