TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Making mental health aerovac decisions in Afghanistan: a field report JO - Military medicine A1 - Richter, Kenneth E. A1 - Jones, David E. A1 - Oliver, David M. SP - 507 EP - 510 VL - 177 IS - 5 N2 - This article focuses on the clinical and administrative decision-making processes involved in medevacing psychiatric patients from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during major surge operations. This article highlights organizational realities pertaining to the medevac process and offers recommendations for incoming providers to optimize their effectiveness in managing at-risk patients in a combat zone.

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