• Military medicine · Jan 1994

    Supply consumption and disease surveillance during an overseas training exercise in Southeast Asia.

    • E P Lesho.
    • 6th Infantry Division, Medical Activity Alaska.
    • Mil Med. 1994 Jan 1; 159 (1): 53-5.

    AbstractIn order to assist future medical officers in planning for overseas deployment to austere areas where resupply is non-existent and support from higher echelons is extremely limited, we surveyed the most common medical problems and most frequently used drugs during a 6-week deployment of 1,159 troops to Khorat, Thailand, from April 21 to June 1, 1992. We consumed 358 l of parenteral fluids--markedly less than anticipated. Ophthalmic solutions, especially antiviral and steroid, were needed more than anticipated. With an attack rate of 9.7%, orthopedic injuries were encountered most frequently. Overall attack rate for all injuries and diseases combined was 34%. Eight patients required hospitalization at local native hospitals longer than 24 hours, and two patients required evacuation to tertiary care centers in CONUS.

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