title: Managing critical care casualties on the Navy's hospital ships.
abstract: In this article, a history of the hospital ships was recounted. Recent missions were described in terms of the ship and crew's capability based on education and mock training exercises. Patient flow was described and a case scenario was presented to illustrate surgically intensive management of critical care casualties. Finally, thoughts on the future of hospital ships were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA 23708-2197, USA. dmboren@mar.med.navy.mil
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boren
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forbus
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bibeau
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McKinsey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012767:Ships; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States