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File: 110196_aacbg_04.txtServices Medical Regulating Office In CONUS worked closely with USAFE to plan and coordinate these critical patient movements. A new initiative was the USAFE-staffed Medical Evacuation Cell which liaisoned with HQ UK Land Forces at RAF Wilton for joint patient movement issues. This cell was the key link between the AECC and JMRO to ensure US and British casualties from the Gulf were promptly moved to USAF Contingency Hospitals or British National Health Service Hospitals. Nearly 320 patients from both countries were assisted by this team. PATIENT TRACKING Patient tracking is essential to manage bed availability, patient transportation, and medical care. Equally important is the ability to answer family member questions about hospitalized military personnel. In response to this requirement, HQ USAFE/SG, SC, and DP worked closely to develop an automated system which was responsive to MAJCOM, Family Services, Casualty Affairs, base, and MTF requirements, yet simple to employ. Using stand alone desk-top computers, software for the Contingency Hospital Patient Locator (CHPL) was deployed in record time to EUCOM hospitals. The software interfaced with the peacetime Automated Quality of Care Evaluation Support System (AQCESS] and required few procedural changes. Hospitals used the system to produce patient reports which were passed to a central information center via the Defense Data Network. The jointly staffed information center updated the data base every 6-12 hours to maintain the most current information. The centrally collected information was available to many different agencies, to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff. the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, EUCOM. EUCOM postal services, and component service commanders and surgeons. CHPL also supported the Royal Air Force by identifying NATO forces hospitalized intheater medical treatment facilities. AEROMEDICAL STAGING FACILITY ( AS F ) DEPLOYMENT ASF's are bedded medical holding facilities which provide patient reception, restabilization, holding. and transfer services for A/E patients transiting an airfield. [ Remainder of line was unreadable, see IMAGE FILE] established in EUCOM, totaling 1,450 beds. Buildings of opportunity near the flightline housed ASF's at Rhein Main AB GE (250 beds), Ramstein AB GE {250 beds), Nurnberg GE {50 beds), Torrejon AB SP (250 beds), RAF Mildenhall UK (100 beds), RAF Waddington UK (150 beds), and LEAF Upper Heyford UK (400 beds). Manpower to Support the ASFs was provided by USAFE medical personnel until relieved by approximately 1,000 CONUS Reserve 4
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