MEDICAL OPERATIONS

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Subject: MEDICAL OPERATIONS                                              

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS 11TH ADA BDE  LESSONS LEARNED 1 OF 2 PERMANENT DESERT SHIELD-STORM              

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                     3. Training               UNCLASSIFIED

                          The overall emphasis on the Bns to conduct medical training was
              excellent. The combat lifesaver course was 40 hours of training for non-
              medics in combat medical skills. Applying dressings, splinting fractures,
              CPR and inserting an intravenous catheter to provide fluids are just a few of
    io        the topics covered. As expected much of the training was hands on, but a
              written test was also required to become certified. Bn 5-62 certified over
              100 new CLS.


                          On 17 October all the medical officers attended the Medical
              Management of NBC Casualties course. This excellent week long course
              combined formal lectures by individual experts with field training.         Most
              of the material presented was directly applicable to the present conflict.
              CPT Patel and CW3 Diaz coordinated a fine mass casualty exercise on 15-20
              October 1990.    The simulated exercise gave the medics a tremendous
              opportunity to develop their combat medical skills.

                  E. Offensive Preparation - Deployment KKMC
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                      1. Overview


                          As it became evident the U.S. and its allies were going to
              conduct offensive operations and cross over into Iraq and Kuwait, llth ADA
              7A'@i TF 2-1 ADA and 5-62 ADA set up new positions around King Khalid
              Military Center (KKMC) and farther north/northwest along the Tapline Rd
              during the month of January. With some estimates of U.S. and allied
              casualties going as high as 40,000, a massive medical buildup took place.
              Toward the middle of January there were approximately 2000 military
nnel in the theater. There was a
              dramatic increase in hospitals, blood and medical supplies to the front.
              U.S. military hospitals in Germany and Great Britain increased their bed
              capac4ty to 3000 beds each with a concomitant influx of medical personnel.

                      2.  Additional ADA Bns


                          During the month of January 1991, 2-52 ADA, 2-43 ADA and one
              @lry of 1-7 ADA arrived in SA to increas ADA coverage around KKMC and Ha+ar
              Al Batin.    The one Btry of 1-7 ADA was deployed in Tabuk 900 km west of
              Ki@lt,.C. The medical officer and medical NCO from 2-32 ADA and 2-43 ADA were
              briefed on preventive medicine, sick call procedures, NBC treatment and
              decon, immunizations, MEDEVAC and tracking hospitalized patients. Class 8
              accounts were set up with the 32nd MEDSOM. Similar orientation was done for
              the Delta Brty medical NCO in Tabuk on 6 February 1991.

                      3. Medical Care


                          In anticipation of a high intensity conflict, the medical
              personnel prepared for receiving casualties with high velocity wounds, burn
              patients, chemical injuries involving primarily the skin, respiratory system
              and nervous system and multiple trauma. At the BASs the medical officers
              often would be the first physician the casualty would see. Their job would
              concentrate on triage, stabilizing the patient and as rapidly as possible
              obtaining air or ground MEDEVAC to the next higher echelon of care. Those








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Subject = MEDICAL OPERATIONS
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-JAN-1997