Citation

Satava RM, Modesto VL. Mil. Med. 1992; 157(6): 299-300.

Affiliation

8th Evacuation Hospital, Operation Desert Storm, KFIA, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1620397

Abstract

In the theater of operations, rear echelon hospitals by doctrine receive patients who have been stabilized by forward hospitals. Occasionally, mass casualties will occur in the rear area, but rarely from combat causes. This report documents a mass casualty occurring in garrison from an anti-tank weapon misfiring. All rear echelon hospitals, regardless of their mission, must be prepared for the acute care of combat mass casualties.

Language: en