• Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Mar 2008

    Review

    Emergency medical support units to critical care transport teams in Iraq.

    • Sean T Collins.
    • Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA. sean.collins2@umassmed.edu
    • Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2008 Mar 1; 20 (1): 1-11, v.

    AbstractEarly in the author's deployment in the United States Air Force to southern Iraq, his unit was exposed to the first of many mass casualties sent to his Expeditionary Medical Support System unit. Within minutes of the injured military members' arrival, the four-bed evaluation station was transformed into an open bay trauma room where patients were treated and supported until they could be evacuated to more definitive care. Patients were transitioned with awe-inspiring speed and professionalism to Critical Care Air Transport teams for care during aeromedical evacuation. The lessons learned from the frequency of these events are valuable to any similar transport case with critically ill and injured patients.

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