The EMEDS can grow to a full
Air Force theater hospital by incrementally building its capabilities.
A study evaluating the effects of basic interventions including hand hygiene attention and surveillance, implementation of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) bundles, and antimicrobial stewardship, was performed by Landrum et al (19) at Balad
Air Force Theater Hospital, Iraq.
Many military members are alive today because of the warriors from Joint Base Balad's
Air Force Theater Hospital.
Moments earlier, she dropped off two Marines in the Intensive Care Unit of the
Air Force Theater Hospital here.
In six weeks, MC4 technical support teams trained 300 medical personnel of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Group (EMDG) and equipped healthcare professionals at the
Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, Iraq, with more than 200 ruggedized systems to aid them in electronically capturing patient records.
Shortly after terrorists set off a string of car bombs in the nearby town of Balad, Iraq, last September, medical professionals at the
Air Force Theater Hospital prepared for the worst.
One team deployed every 6 months to an Army theater combat support hospital, an
Air Force theater hospital, or an Army forward operating base.
3 Thoughts on "Balad's
Air Force Theater Hospital: Survivability defined"
Although the proposed collocation with the otolaryngologist at the
Air Force Theater Hospital initially seemed ideal, space requirements precluded this move.
A true oasis in the desert, the
Air Force theater hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq, is one of the most advanced field hospitals ever used in wartime.
Integration with human medical resources such as a combat support hospital,
Air Force theater hospital, or other human medical facilities is vital to providing advanced veterinary care to critically injured dogs.
For example, at Balad's
Air Force theater hospital, medics "perform miracles every day," the general said.