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				OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
			OTHER SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL ACTIVITIES

				(NEW INFORMATION IS UNDERLINED)
	SOURCE: J-4 BRIEFING DOCUMENTS unless otherwise noted)

Blood Inventory (as of Aug 90)
	-- Units in AO
		--- 875 units liquid RBC
		--- 120 units frozen RBC

	-- Units in AO to expire within 7 days
		--- 133 units liquid RBC

	-- Units in USEUCOM
		--- BTC at Torrejon: 600 Units (Arrived 23 Aug 90)

	--CONUS
		--- ASWBPL I McGuire: 630 units liquid (Source: ASWBPL 300030Z Aug 
						90)
						1929 units frozen

Current hospital beds in AOR - 600 Total
	-- 350 host nation beds
		--- 250 at Salmanyia
		--- 100 at Babrain 
	-- 200 AF beds (50-Dhahran, 50 Al-Dahfra, 25-Riyadh , 50-Thumrait, 25
		Jeddah)
[(b)(1)sec 3.4 (b)(5)] (Dhahran)
	-- 25 British Defense Medical Service beds (Dhahran)

NOTE: There are no host nation beds available in Saudia Arabia.
(Source: USCINCCENT via J-4 briefing documents)

Total projected U.S. beds: 11,325

MEDEVAC aircraft:
	-- 6 medical UH-60s departed FRG for AOR: 21 Aug
	-- Arrived in AOR: 26 Aug
	-- 6 more medical UH-60s to depart FRG: 27 Aug
		--- As of 280753Z Aug 90 these Helos were experiencing maintenance
		   delay in Brindisi, Italy (Source: USCINCEUR MSG 280753Z Aug 90)
	-- ETA in AOR: 31 Aug

[(b)(1)sec 3.4 (b)(5)]

- MEDSTATS: (Source: J-4 Document, 290300L Aug 90)

	-- Beds Occupied: None reported
	-- Outpatient Visits: (128 Army, 5 USMC, 14 USAF,
					5 Other)
	-- Aeromed Evac (Last 24 hours): 0

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