 |
|
 |
|
Combat Doctors in Iraq.
Technical Sergeant Jeremy Harding, a Computed Tomography Scanner (CT) technician, center, and Capitan Jane Mateer, left, at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base in Balad, Iraq prepare to lift a member of the Iraqi security forces, who was air lifted to the hospital moments earlier for wounds to the head and body. Tech. Sgt. Harding’s scan found shrapnel in the soldier’s head. Tech. Sgt. Harding and the staff of hospital serves as an aeromedical evacuation support hub that also provides trauma and specialized medical care to U.S. and coalition forces all over Iraq. During the Vietnam War, casualties could expect to take as long as two weeks to make the journey from the battlefield to top quality treatment in U.S. hospitals. Casualties of the Iraq War can arrive in the United States within 24 to 48 hours of being wounded. |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
