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	Table 7 Flight Surgeons
	Location			Personnel
	A1 Ain				2
	Bateen				2
	Jubail IAP			1
	King Fahd IAP			4
	King Khalid IAP		4
	King Khalid Mil City	2
	Masirah				1
	Muharraq				1
	Riyadh				2
	Sharjah				2
	Thumrait				1
	Total				22


(b) Serve as medical liaison with local MTFs to ensure appropriate 
use of the AE system. ;

(c) Consult with local MTFs on matters involving the preflight 
condition of patients entering the AE system.

(d) Provide emergency medical support and intervention at MASFs/ASFs 
for unstable patients.

(e) Provide training to AE personnel on ATLS concepts and medical 
management.

(f) Serve as consultants to the OICs of the MASF/ASF/AECE on matters 
of patient medical management.

For the concept to work effectively, the AECC Director provided some 
operational guidelines. Those guidelines basically stated that (a) 
the functional control of each element would remain with the OIC, (b) 
the MASFs and ASFs were not to be modified to serve as medical 
treatment facilities, and (c) the physicians were to serve as part of 
the AE team in all matters. Due to the short duration of hostilities 
and limited casualties, the concept could not be adequately 
evaluated.

Operational Issues.

		a. Mission Planninq Data. The Contingency Planning Cell 
worked diligently to develop AE mission planning data based upon 
anticipated casualties. It was imperative to provide for the 
airlifters estimates of AE mission requirements for both intra and 
intertheater missions. For tactical (C-130) moves, daily casualty

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