STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF

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Subject: STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF        

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Folder Title: USNS COMFORT TAH 20 MEDICAL ARTICLES 1991 1992                                                  

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                  Stx,ess and Coping with the Trauma of War in the Persian

                         Gulf: The Hospital Ship USNS Comfort





                           Michael P. Dinneen, Roger J. Pentzien

                                    and John M. Mateczun





                  The trauma of war includes the preparation for war and

             the provisions of care to casualties. The crew of the USNS

             Comfort faced the prospect of a tragic, horrific war, for

             eight months from August 13 1990 to April 15, 1991 in the

             Persian Gulf. The stress on the care givers in this war

             environment were substantial. As a wartime hospital ship,

             the Comfort was a unique trauma environment whose mission

             was the delivery of care to the victims of war.

                  The concept of a floating hospit6l is not new, nor is

             the provision of psychiatric services aboard a hospital

             ship. Spain employed a hospital ship during the Armada, and

             during the 17th century, the French provided one 100 bed

             hospital ship for every ten ships in the fleet. The first

             American hospital ship was the "Red Rover" which carried




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