Combat Health Support of the Transformation Force in 2015
Abstract
The Army is undergoing transformation to enhance its power projection capability to meet the requirements expected for 21st century combat. The role of the Army Medical Department is to conserve the fighting strength through preventive medicine, evacuation, and treatment of the sick and wounded. Minimizing death and morbidity requires appropriate and timely evacuation and treatment. Joint medical doctrine has been changed to emphasize evacuation of less-stable patients out of theater and decrease the theater hospital footprint. Review of recent military operations indicates that hospital care has played a large role and that prolonged evacuation resulted in increased mortality. However, deployed hospitals are large and slow to deploy. Army transformation will result in units that are rapidly deployable and can enter combat upon arrival in a theater of operations. Combat, especially forced entry operations, results in casualties that must be cared for. Current Army medical force structure does not support the operations considered likely with Army transformation. The Army Medical Department must transform to provide high quality combat casualty care to the Army of 2015.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 10, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA390517
Entities
People
- Steven F. Gouge
Organizations
- United States Army War College