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FROM THE WAR ZONE TO THE UNITED STATES Previous Volume 351:2476-2480 December 9, 2004 Number 24 Next

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View larger version (30K): [in this window] [in a new window]   274th Forward Surgical Team (FST) loaded into six Humvees with trailers in Iraq.

 
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View larger version (48K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Chemical and biologic protective shelter, which can be inflated in 15 minutes and used as an operating room.

 
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View larger version (107K): [in this window] [in a new window]   General surgery backpack and anesthesia backpack, two of the five packs containing the rapid-response surgical system.

 
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View larger version (85K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Typical FST operating room in a "drash" tent with two portable tables.

 
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View larger version (34K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Radiograph of mangled leg from blast injury.

 
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View larger version (73K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Typical large-fragment wound of the leg.

 
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View larger version (81K): [in this window] [in a new window]   A common type of injury associated with roadside improvised explosive device run over by a Humvee.

 
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View larger version (81K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Typical pattern of injury among soldiers wearing Kevlar vests to protect the chest and abdomen.

 
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View larger version (82K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Blast injury from exploding ordnance.

 
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View larger version (82K): [in this window] [in a new window]   High-energy gunshot wound to the abdomen, passing through the liver.

 
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View larger version (56K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Radiograph of distal femur mangled by large fragment.

 
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View larger version (64K): [in this window] [in a new window]   High-energy gunshot wound passing through the knee.

 
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View larger version (60K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Preparation of a patient for air evacuation.

 
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View larger version (102K): [in this window] [in a new window]   CCAT team transporting a patient.

 
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View larger version (39K): [in this window] [in a new window]   CH47 helicopter with Critical Care Air Transport (CCAT) team picking up a casualty for transport.

 
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View larger version (67K): [in this window] [in a new window]   28th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Iraq.

 
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View larger version (86K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Surgical teams at work in CSH operating room.

 
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View larger version (58K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Damage-control laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure — serially closed at WRAMC to prevent long-term ventral hernia and need for skin grafting.

 
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View larger version (75K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Transpelvic gunshot wound requiring pelvic packing, diverting colostomy, and temporary abdominal closure.

 
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View larger version (96K): [in this window] [in a new window]   CCAT team that transports patients from Iraq to the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and from there to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C.

 
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View larger version (69K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Wounded soldier receiving rehabilitation care at WRAMC.

 

Source Information

From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

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