Out-of-Hospital Combat Casualty Care in the Current War in Iraq

Abstract

We describe outcomes for battle casualties receiving initial treatment at a US Army consolidated battalion aid station augmented with emergency medicine practitioners, advanced medic treatment protocols, and active medical direction. Battalion aid stations are mobile facilities integral to combat units, providing initial phases of advanced trauma life support and then evacuation. The setting was a forward base in central Iraq, with units engaged in urban combat operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513489

Entities

People

  • James A. Pfaff
  • Jeffrey Oliver
  • John B Holcomb
  • Robert A De Lorenzo
  • Robert T. Gerhardt

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Therapy
  • Warfare

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  • Trauma or Military Medicine