Resumen

NAVARRO SUAY, R. et al. RG-31 Ambulance: description and lessons learned about the new medical armored vehicle in Afghanistan. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2013, vol.69, n.2, pp.116-124. ISSN 1887-8571.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1887-85712013000200010.

In 2007, the Spanish Ministry of Defense substituted the armored vehicles deployed in operations abroad and bought RG-31 vehicles, 8 of them in the medical version. This vehicle is characterized for a high level protection against explosives and mine attacks. The objective of this study is to describe the RG-31 vehicle, present the specific characteristics of the ambulance version, propose a model for its medicalization, compare it to other medical armored vehicles and present the lessons learned by the authors during their deployment in Afghanistan.

Palabras clave : Armored ambulance; RG-31; Afghanistan.

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