Medical Evacuation, History and Development - The Future in the Multinational Environment

Abstract

This paper will present a brief overview of the history of casualty evacuation from the battlefield. The development of this essential part of military medical services will be reviewed. with particular emphasis upon the development of air evacuation. The future of casualty evacuation in the multinational environment of the new strategic situation will be discussed along with NATO efforts to standardize various aspects of this modality of patient care.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP010948

Entities

People

  • David M. Lam

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Balloons
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Second World War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma or Military Medicine