Abstract

GONZALEZ GARCIA, C. et al. Tactical and strategic air evacuation of the military deployed in Afghanistan. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2016, vol.72, n.3, pp.227-232. ISSN 1887-8571.

Since the beginning of the Spanish Military deployment in Afghanistan in the year 2002 to the present, many troops have been deployed in the Operations Theatre. It has been designed a medical-supply chain to support the contingents, whose main aim is to provide the injured people with medical assistance as efficient as it is in their home country. Once those injured people have been stabilized, an AeroMedical evacuation is needed to take them to a role 4 facility for the definitive treatment. In this Aeromedical Evacuation the treatment should be continued or even have the possibility of start a new one. The MedEvac responsibility relays on the Aeromedical Evacuation Unit (UMAER). Aeromedical evacuations preformed from Afghanistan have been reviewed in a descriptive and retrospective study using the unite archives. In this study we analyze the wounds nature, aeronautical assets that have been employed and the material and human resources used in every mission.

Keywords : Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation; Tactical Aeromedical Evacuation; Critically ill patient; combat wounds.

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