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Trauma Bay II: Balad, Iraq
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, more lives may have been saved on this scarred floor than on any other single spot.
From 2003 to 2007, this concrete slab was the floor of Trauma Bay II -- the primary resuscitation bay in the Emergency Department of the US Air Force Balad Theater Hospital. Here, combat medics, surgeons, physicians, and nurses made heroic efforts to save the lives of patients who were gravely injured and ofter near death. They provided the best trauma care in the world not only to wounded combatants, but also to contractors, coalition forces, and to Iraqi Army police and civilians.
Balad served as an important testing ground for innovative technologies that relieve suffering and provide a critical continuum of care for evacuated patients. |