MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91

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Subject: MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91       

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                      Table 1. (Continued)


                      Date                                                       Event


                      4 Doe    CJCS direced the mobilization of FH-6 and FH-15 and the full staff ing of hospital ships and CRTSs

                      8 Jan    USNS Memy received personnel to achieve 1,000-bed capability

                      12 Jan   USNS Comfort received personnel to achieve 1,000-bed capabi[4

                      16 Jan   Hospital ships directed by COMUSNAVCENT to shift to unclassified communications, as required
                               by the Geneva Convention, upon commencement of hostilities

                      2 Feb    FH-6 operational with 100 beds

                      4 Feb    FH-6 operational with 500 beds

                      9 Feb    FH-1 5 operational with 200 beds

                      12 Feb   FH-15 operational with 500 beds
                      28 Feb   COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR requested teams to help retrograde of fleet hospitals
                      1 1 Mar  COMNAVLOGSUPFOR reported standdown of FH-5 and FH-6 and medical treatment
                               facilities (MTFS) aboard USNS Marcy and USNS Comfort
                      25 Mar   COMNAVLOGSUPFOR promulgated concept of operations for continued NAVCENT echelon III
                               medical care during Marine Corps and Navy redeployment to be provided by host-nation facilities
                               in Bahrain and by FH-15 in Al Jubayl with 200 operational beds
                      15 Apr   FH-15 stood down




                      the provision of special antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) that were effective against the
                      resistant strains of bacteria in theater. Over time, disease nonbattle injury (DNBI)
                      rates fell below the rates observed in Korea, Vietnam, and recent deployments.

                         Health care is provided to casualties through echelons of care that contain
 progressively more sophisticated capabilities. Lower echelons with high mobility
                      and limited capability focus on stabilizing patients for evacuation. Higher echelons
                      provide additional 3nedical capability but less mobility. Table 2 shows the echelons
                      of care established for Desert Shield.           -


                         Although each deployable medical platform is nominally staffed, equipped, and
                      supplied to provide a particular level of care, the tactical situation, actual st@g and
                      supply levels, and other factors determine the platform's capabilities during an
                      operation. Table 3 shows the echelon IH medical platforms under COMUSNAVC-z' .NT
                      cognizance during Desert Shield/Storm.




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