During a military mission abroad, you are working as a doctor and you have to cope with the limited resources in your camp.
A young officer, who is on deployment for the first time, has attempted to take his own life and shot himself in the head (with his service weapon). He left a suicide note.
The medical staff takes immediately care of the severely wounded young man but his injuries are very serious. You need a lot of resources and the outcome is very unclear.
Source: Report with additional fictitious elements.
1. How do you treat the suicide attempt during deployment? Is there any difference to a similar scenario at home?
2. How much of your scarce resources (e.g. personnel, blood reserves) do you use?
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