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PAASZYUW RHIEFBA0359 3421239	-RHIUFAA.
ZNY
P 080830Z DEC 90
FM 354TFW//CC/23TFW/CC//
TO USCENTAF FORWARD//DO/LG/DE/SG//
BT
		SECTION 5 OF 10
THE FACE OF DELAYED AND SCARCE AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CAPABILITIES.

(10)   (U)   CONSISTENT WITH THIS, WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE MORE ADEQUATE
RESPIRATORY THERAPY CAPABILITIES, E.G. VENTILATORS SO AS TO BE ABLE
TO HANDLE POSTOP RECOVERY PATIENTS AWAITING TRANSFER TO 3E OR 4E
FACILITIES OR TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT CASUALTY
WHILE HE RECOVERS FROM HIS INSULT.

(11)   (U)   LARGE NUMBERS OF MEDICATIONS WERE OUTDATED OR MISSING.

(12)   (U)   TA'S DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MOST COMMON MEDICAL
ILLNESSES SEEN DURING INITIAL DAYS:  NO NONSTEROIDAL ANTI
INFLAMMATORY MEDS (NSAID); INADEQUATE SELECTION AND AMOUNTS OF ORAL
ANTIBIOTICS; NO ANTI-TUSSIVE PREPARATIONS; INSUFFICIENT
ANTI-DIARRHEAL MEDICATIONS; ETC.



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(13)   (U)   NO SUCTION AVAILABLE IN THE ER.

(14)   (U)   EKG MACHINE BROKEN, NOT AVAILABLE TO DATE.

(15)   (U)   CLOTH SANDBAGS WERE OLD AND FRAGILE -- WOULD NOT LAST LONG
BEFORE ROTTING.

(16)   (U)   E.R. RELIED ON SUPPLY TO GET ORGANIZED/UNPACKED PRIOR TO
BEING ABLE TO TREAT (MINOR) PATIENTS.  THIS FURTHER DELAYED
OPERATIONAL STATUS.

(17)   (U)   SETTING UP HOSPITAL ON ASPHALT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.  THIS
ALLOWED INSTALLATION OF RUNNING WATER AND LESS DUSTY CONDITIONS IN
ADDITION TO A FLAT, LEVEL SURFACE TO SET UP ON.

(18)   (U)   LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN ON THE PLANNING OF WHERE
SINKS WILL BE INSTALLED.  THE BIO LAB NOW HAS A SINK WITH RUNNING
WATER WHICH ALLOWS US TO RUN MORE SAMPLES EFFICIENTLY.  RECOMMEND
THAT THIS BE INCLUDED OF ALL NEW ATH SET UP.

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