Making mental health aerovac decisions in Afghanistan: a field report.
This article focuses on the clinical and administrative decision-making processes involved in medevacing psychiatric patients from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during major surge operations. This article highlights organizational realities pertaining to the medevac process and offers recommendations for incoming providers to optimize their effectiveness in managing at-risk patients in a combat zone.
Directorate of Mental Health, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34520 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Kenneth E
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Richter
David E
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Jones
David M
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Oliver
D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D017732:Air Ambulances / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine