title: Developing an operational casualty estimate in a multinational headquarters to inform and drive medical resource allocation.
abstract: This article presents a methodology to construct an operational casualty estimate for insurgent clearance operations conducted in 2 districts around Kandahar City appropriate for a multinational operational headquarters. It demonstrates how to identify relevant and recent historical data to establish a casualty rate, apply it against a tactical operational sequence and population at risk to get a daily casualty estimate, and compare that estimate to the capacity of the medical system. This allows medical planners from any contributing nation to express the medical risk and mitigation plan to operational leadership and the commander.
authors.affiliation: 32nd Medical Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Soo Lee
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bricknell
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008889:Military Personnel; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009874:Operations Research; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*