A U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team’s Experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom

H. Patel, Tarak; A. Wenner, Kimberly; A. Price, Shaun; A. Weber, Michael; Leveridge, Autumn; J. McAtee, Scott

doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000133638.30269.38

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A U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team’s Experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • Aug 1, 2004

Authors:

Tarak H. Patel

Kimberly A. Wenner

Shaun A. Price

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Forward Army Surgical Team (FST) was designed to provide surgical capability far forward on the battlefield to stabilize and resuscitate those soldiers with life and limb threatening injuries. Operation Iraqi Freedom represents the largest military operation in which the FST concept ...

Subject

Medicine

Battlefield

Surgical team

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