PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ACTIVITY FROM MEDEVAC SOLDIE

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Subject: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ACTIVITY FROM MEDEVAC SOLDIE                

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Folder Title: LIVING-FIELD CONDITIONS                                                                         

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             Date:    Thu. 4 Oct 90 9:57:55 MDT
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                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                                        HEADQUARTERS. 7TH MEDICAL COMMAND
                                              APO NEW YORK 09102-3304


                    Please pass the following information to all Preventive Medicine
                 Activities. the Corps Surgeon or Health Services office.**


                  In connection with future PVNTMED related matters. as in the attached two
                 page document supplied by the Preventive ldedicine Activity, Landstuhl Army
                 Regional Medical Center (LARMC). we will act as the approval and
                 distribution office for all such future messages to the field. We solicit
                 all such timely and valuable information for everyone's benefit. i.e., for
                 the PVNTMED stafl and the soldiers we care for.

                 *4$LARMC PVL"RMED : Very valuable information, Thanks. HQ. 7TH MEDCOM

                                                 **Start of Message
                 The following information was obtained by SSG Oates, LARMC Preventive
                 Medicine Activity from soldiers who had been MEDEVAC'ed from Saudi Arabia.

                 The personnel interviewed stated that the living/field conditions were
                 different depending on location and rapidly changing. The soldiers
                 interviewed were some of the first troops deployed. The most common thing
                 the soldiers mention wag that the heat was like nothing you could ever
                 experience anywhere else.

                 Field Conditions:


                           a. Water:


                                   - there are very few water trailers (400 gal) being used.

                                   - individuals are not required to use iodine or other
                 methods to disinfect their individual water


                       - locally procured bottled water is issued to the soldiers
                 on a daily basis.    The water is either delivered by truck or air dropped.
                 Most soldiers were issued 4 small bottles and two large ones (exact sizes
                 were unknown).


                                   - the soldiers best advice to deploying troops about water
                 was to learn to drink a lot of hot (90 F) water prior to deployment.
                 There are no facilities for soldiers to cool water in theater.

                         b. Heat Injuries:


                                    - some heat injuries are occurring, but Commanders are
                 enforcing water consumption.

                                    work/rest cycles are being utilized when the situation

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