Patient-Handling at Sea in Support of the Maritime Strategy

Abstract

Execution of the offensive phase of the Maritime Strategy will result in deaths and injuries in the battle force. Appropriate disposition of the injured will be required for moral, morale, and mission achievement purposes. This paper qualitatively examines the patient disposition methods available to support the offensive phase of the Maritime Strategy, estimates the types of injured anticipated, and makes recommendations to improve patient-handling in aircraft carrier or surface action task forces involved in such operations. Patient disposition methods include: retention; evacuation by air; shuttle ships, or disabled ships; or transfer to hospital ships and/or primary care receiving ships. Keywords: Patient-handling, Casualties, Deaths, Injuries, Retention, Evacuation, Combat stress, Trauma, Burns, Maritime operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205297

Entities

People

  • Richard R. Hooper

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Burns
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Drowning
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Marine Transportation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Ships
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Trauma or Military Medicine