Establishment of a Comprehensive Military Medical System during Wartime in El Salvador: A Retrospective View
Abstract
The mission of these Medical MTTs has been 'to assist the Host- Country to develop and structure an Armed Forces Health Care Delivery System.' The medical mission in El Salvador is an ongoing one-of-a-kind effort to reduce the high levels of mortality and morbidity by improving military health care delivery in a highly stressful and hazardous, Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) insurgency setting. The purpose of this research project is to serve as a descriptive study on the approach to and the evolving process of establishing a comprehensive military medical system for a country during wartime. It is designed to add to the body of knowledge of our military medical efforts in El Salvador by combining some of the lessons we have learned with a collection of documents which will serve as the most comprehensive, single reference source of our eight years of military medical involvement in El Salvador. The emphasis of the study is on the process, including our approach and accommodations to initial plans, rather than being an exhaustive analysis of the multiple problems, limitations, and deficiencies of their medical system. The paper begins by providing a brief background profile of the country to include history, political situation, demography, foreign relations and relationship with the United States.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA212373
Entities
People
- Juan M. Garcia
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences