AHLTA-T is the primary documentation modality at the first levels of care with resuscitative capability (such as
Forward Surgical Teams, Combat Support Hospitals).
Darby, a medic/nurse with the Army's 912th
Forward Surgical Team, will be deploying to Iraq.
Patrick McAndrew, commander of the 67th
Forward Surgical Team (Airborne), said: "The way warfare is going,we have to be able towork with other countries.
Except for echeloned movement, the
Forward Surgical Team should never be split or employed as a Battalion Aid Station.
An approved force design update of the
forward surgical team resulted in the new FRST.
Colonel Kevin Davies, commanding officer 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital (Volunteers), said: "It will be a great pleasure to wel-come our colleagues from the 67th
Forward Surgical Team to Wales.
The Army forces that led the liberation of Iraq in April received a full range of medical and dental support from combat medics, dentists, dental assistants,
forward surgical teams, a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, combat support hospitals, fixed facilities back in Europe and the United States, and detachments with a wide variety of allied skills.
We talked with a
Forward Surgical Team located nearby to get some of its ideas.
The agreement with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, FMV, covers supply and integration of equipment for a
forward surgical team and dentistry unit as well as a complete support commitment.
The culmination of their training is a grueling, 24-hour exercise in which the
forward surgical team essentially takes over the resuscitation unit at the Ryder Trauma Center.
1LT Kathy McConkey of the 948th
Forward Surgical Team examines a baby from the village of Kakaran during a medical assistance mission.
Our current theater trauma assets, including the battalion aid station, medical evacuation, the
forward surgical team, and the combat support hospital, are working adequately after several years of focused development.
