Making Mental Health Aerovac Decisions in Afghanistan: A Field Report

Abstract

This article focuses on the clinical and administrative decision-making processes involved in medevacing psychiatric patients from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during major surge operations. This article highlights organizational realities pertaining to the medevac process and offers recommendations for incoming providers to optimize their effectiveness in managing at-risk patients in a combat zone.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA578648

Entities

People

  • David E. Jones
  • David M. Oliver
  • Kenneth E. Richter Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Center San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Copyrights
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Human Behavior
  • Intellectual Property
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine