Army medics face fewer resources despite expanding role
Small medical teams will need to learn to use the existing medical infrastructure, supplies and medicines of host nations
October 4, 2016
Army medics face fewer resources despite expanding role
Spc. Luis Candelaria, middle, and Spc. Deborah Drullard, right, both combat medics with the 407th Ambulance Company, teach Chadian combat medics Tactical Combat Casualty Care techniques during MEDRETE 14-5 at the Hospital Military D' Instruction (HMI) in N'Djamena, Chad, June 2 to 12, 2014. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of U.S. Army Africa)
WASHINGTON — During a visit to Afghanistan in 2009, then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told troops at Camp Leatherneck of his goal to provide the same adherence to the "golden hour" in Afghanistan that was at the time being practiced in Iraq.
He was referring to a standard of care that gets Soldiers to advanced-level treatment facilities within the first critical 60 minutes of being wounded, thereby greatly increasing their odds of survival.
Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Joseph Caravalho Jr. said that the golden hour standard of care might not always be possible in future conflicts and even in current humanitarian operations in austere environments, where treatment is far away in terms of time and distance.
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