title: Intensive care medicine in the German Field Hospital during the implementation force mission in Trogir, Croatia.
abstract: To provide medical care for multinational personnel deployed during the Implementation Force mission, the German Army provided a mobile surgical hospital with sophisticated equipment to perform advanced resuscitation and lifesaving surgical procedures, as well as preoperative and postoperative intensive care, under conditions similar to those in rear hospitals. During an observation period of 4 months (December 1995 to April 1996), nearly 10,000 patients were treated at this facility. In addition to the presentation of statistical data from a unique critical care facility during the Implementation Force mission, this article discusses the usefulness of neurosurgical services as part of a forward field hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, German Armed Forces Hospital, Amberg, Germany.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Madei
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Klieser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017523:Croatia; D005858:Germany; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D009493:Neurosurgery; D010343:Patient Admission; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery