Introduction:

During the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that affected Spain in spring of 2020, many of hospitals were collapsed by these patients. For this reason, a field hospital was deployed at the «Institución Ferial de Madrid» (IFEMA). The only critical unit of this field hospital was military. The unit responsible for its deployment, maintenance and withdrawal was UMAAD (Madrid Deployment Support Air Medical Unit belonging to the Air Force).

Objective:

To describe medical assistance provided in the IFEMA critical unit.

Material and methods:

Prospective descriptive study carried out from March 19 to April 30, 2020. The pertinent military authorization (Air Force Health Service Director) was obtained to carry out the study.

Results:

During the study time, 25 critically ill patients were admitted. Most of them were male and Hispanic race. SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia was the reason for hospital admission. Airway was performed in 88% of patients. Principal complications were thrombosis, hemorrhage and hypertension. Three patients died during this research paper.

Conclusion:

The experience acquired in this deployment demonstrates, once again, the importance of the support that Military Health can provide to Civil Health in the component of crisis management in national territory.