MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91

File: 123096_sep96_decls2_0007.txt
Page: 0007
Total Pages: 57

Subject: MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91       

Unit: VAR. BUMED  

Parent Organization: BUMED       

Box  ID: BX303801

Folder Title: VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6                                                                

Document Number:          2

Folder Seq  #:         10









               before hostilities allowed many training and certification deficiencies to be
               addressed, although not always in the best training environment. Future operations
               may not offer the opportunity to provide          g after deployment. Medical and
              -support personnel must be trained, qualified, and current in certifications so that
              -they are immediately ready to man and operate deployable medical platforms in a
               combat envim=ent. Medical.personnel in key theater command, advisory, and
               planning positions also require        g and experience in operational planning and
               command relationships.

               SUPPLEES AND EQUI:PMENT FOR RO                         CARE

                   Fleet hospitals and hospital ships had inadequate supplies and equipment to
               support the requirements of routine health care and health maintenance for the
               expected patient population during the transition to and from war. Improvements
               in this regard are required to support theater evacuation policy. Without adequate
               resources, personnel were needlessly evacuated and lost to their operational units
               for minor medical and dental problems. The mission requirements of deployable
               medical platforms should be reviewed and, if appropriate, authorized medical and
               dental allowances lists (AMAL, ADAL) should be developed tha@'include state-
               of-the-art items necessary to provide care in areas such as gynecology, orthopedics,
               and restorative dentistry.




























                                                        -ix-

Document 57 f:/Week-37/BX303801/VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6/medical operations during operation desert storm:1217961126393
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-37
Box ID = BX303801
Unit = VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6
Folder Seq # = 10
Subject = MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 2
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996