Attendances at a field hospital emergency department during operations in Iraq November 2003 to March 2004 (Operation Telic III).
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated the types of presentations; time lines and disposal of patients from the international, local and military community in Southern Iraq.


METHODS
All presentations to the Emergency Department (ED) were clinically and demographically coded and entered onto an electronic database.


RESULTS
During the period studied the emergency department dealt with 1455 new presentations of which 75% were UK Armed Forces personnel.


CONCLUSIONS
This represented a busy period in the field hospitals time in Iraq and offered valuable training to emergency medicine trainees in an unusual environment.
Reavley
P D A
PD
Emergency Medicine, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham PO6 3LY. paulreavley@doctors.org.uk
Black
J J M
JJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014600:Utilization Review; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*