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                                                                                                      C+21
                                OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
                                OTHER SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL ACTIVITIES
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    - -                            NEW INFORMATION IS UNDERLINED)
                         (SOURCE: J-4 BRIEFING DOCUMENTS unless otherwise noted)

                     Blood Inventory (as of 27 Aug 90) -

                   -- Units in A0
                       --875 units liquid RBC
                       -- 120 units frozen RBC

                   -- Units in AO to expire within 7 days
                       --  133 units liquid RBC

                   -- Units in USEUCOM
                     --- BTC at Torrejon: 600 Units (Arrived 23 Aug 90)

                   -- CONUS
                      --- ASWBPL I McGuire: 804 units liquid (Source: ASWBPL 280030Z Aug 90
                                                           1929 units frozen

                   Current hospital beds in AOR - 600 Total

                     ---350 host nation beds
                     --- 250 at Salmanyia
                     --- 100 at Bahrain
                     -- 200 AF beds (50-Dhahran, 50 Al-Dahfra, 25-Riyadh, 50-Thumrait, 25-
                         Jeddah)
 !                   -- 25 Army beds  (Dhahran)
                     -- 25 British Defense Medical Service beds (Dhahran)
               NOTE:  There are no host nation beds available in Saudia Arabia.
               (Source: USCINCCENT via J-4 briefing documents)

                      - Total projected U.S. beds: 7250

                      MEDEVAC aircraft:

                      - 6 medical UH-60s departed FRG for AOR: 21 Aug
                      - Arrived in AOR: 26 Aug
                       6 more medical UH-60s to Depart FRG: 27 Aug
                       ---As of 280753Z Aug 90 these helos were experiencing maintenance
                           delay in Brindisi, Italy (Source: USCINCEUR MSG 280753Z Aug 90)
                      --  ETA in AOR, 31 Aug
                  
                      An ADVON team of 221 people for the 250 bed contingency hospital has
                      loaded in the TPFDD with a RDD of C+55 (1 Oct 90). The equipment package has
                      a RDD of C+65 (11 Oct 90).
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                       - MEDSTATS: (Source: J-4 Document, 280399L Aug  90)
                          _  .                               
                         --- Beds Occupied:    18 (`15 Navy, 3 USMC)
   -                    ---  Outpatient Visits: 322 (2 Army, 40 Navy, 28 USMC, 252 USAF)
                         --- Aeromed EVAC (Last 24 hours): 0


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