Pediatric care as part of the US army medical mission in the global war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, December 2001 to December 2004

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Burnett, Mark W ^a,e   Spinella, Philip C ^b   Azarow, Kenneth S ^c   Callahan, Charles W ^d  

^a Camp Taji ^*  (Iraq)

^b Farmington   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Pediatric; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRAQ; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WAR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38849122848     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3666     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. White House. National Security Strategy. Washington, DC: White House; 2002. Available at: www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf. Accessed December 3, 2007
2. Meyers RB. National Military Strategy of the United States: A Strategy for Today: A Vision for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: Joint Chiefs of Staff; 2004. Available at: www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2005/d20050318nms.pdf. Accessed December 3, 2007
3. Burkle FM, Noji EK. Health and politics in the 2003 war with Iraq: lessons learned. Lancet. 2004;364(9442):1371-1375
4. Seiple C. The US Military/NGO Relationship in Humanitarian Interventions. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Peacekeeping Institute, Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College; 1996
5. Weiss TG. Military-Civilian Interactions: Intervening in Humanitarian Crises. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield; 1999
6. Department of the Army: US Army Field Manual 3-0: Operations. Washington, DC: Department of the Army; 2001
7. Paine GF, Bonnema CL. Anesthesia services aboard USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Milit Med. 2005;170(6):476-482
8. Beekley AC, Watts DM. Combat trauma experience with the United States Army 102nd Forward Surgical Team in Afghanistan. Am J Surg. 2004;187(5):652-654
9. Coppola CP, Leininger BE, Rasmussen TE, Smith DL. Children treated at an expeditionary military hospital in Iraq. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(9):972-976
10. Department of the Army. US Army Field Manual 4-02: Force Health Protection in a Global Environment. Washington, DC: Department of the Army; 2003
11. Department of Defense. US Department of Defense Directive 3000.05: Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations. Washington, DC: Department of Defense; 2005. Available at: www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300005p.pdf. Accessed December 3, 2007
12. Ascherio A, Chase R, Cote T, et al. Effect of the Gulf War on infant and child mortality in Iraq. N Engl J Med. 1992;327(13):931-936
13. UNICEF. The Official Summary of the State of the World's Children 2005. New York, NY: UNICEF; 2005. Available at: http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/ country.cfm?country=AF. Accessed December 3, 2007
14. US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine. Characteristics, demographic and military, US Armed Forces, 2004. MSMR Med Surveill Mon Rep. 2005;11(2):38-43
15. Callahan CW, Doyle AE, Schobitz EP. Military pediatricians in Southwest Asia. Pediatrics. 2004;114(3):898
16. Spinella PC. PALS in Iraq. Am Heart Assoc Currents. 2005;16(3):4-5
17. Burkle FM. Delta Med: a fitting memorial. US Naval Inst Proc. 1970;96(11):36-39
18. Gawande A. Casualties of war: military care for the wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(24):2471-2475
19. McGuigan R, Spinella PC, Beekley A, et al. Pediatric trauma: experience of a combat support hospital in Iraq. J Pediatr Surg. 2007;42(1):207-210
20. Michihiko H. Hiroshima Diary. Wells W, trans. New York, NY: Avon Publications; 1955