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5. OCR IS NOT READABLE, SEE IMAGE FILE OR REFER TO PAGE 1 SUMMARY.

6.  PATIENT WORKLOAD

	a.  The specific number of air-evacuation patients managed through the A/E system during Operation Desert Shield was 10,326 as 7 Mar 91.  The breakdown of particular categories of patients was as follows:

				LITTER		AMBULATORY
	Intratheater		1585		2404
	Intertheater		2583		3754

	b.  During the period of participation in the Eskan Clinic for three weeks in September and October, approximately 350 patients were evaluated.  Virtually all of these patients were for routine, primary care treatment.

	c.  During the period of deployment at Masirah AB, the following number and type of patients were evaluated at the deployment at

	Medical			65
	Non-Battle injuries	108
	Gastrointestinal		57
	Opthalmologic		32
	Dermatologic		27
	Psychiatric		4
	Miscellaneous		540
	TOTAL			833

7. PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

	a.  Infectious Disease:  During the initial deployment of Air Force personnel to Eskan Village 5-8 Oct 90,  the largest outbreak Shigella gastroenteritis occurred.  Around 400 cases of fever, cramps, profuse watery diarrhea, and some vomiting were reported.  Approximately 15-20 stool cultures were positive for Shigella sonnei.  The epidemic curve and known incubation time for shigellosis cultures were found.  All patients were managed with antibiotics and supportive care;  however, none of the patients were regulated to air evacuation.  Significantly,  the only other known large scale outbreak occurred at Masirah AB.  The attached medical summary succinctly presents that information (Atch 1).

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