Journal article
The U.S. Navy’s Forward Resuscitative Surgery System during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Abstract
The forward resuscitative surgery system (FRSS) is the Navy's most forward-deployed echelon II medical unit. Between March and August 2003, six FRSS teams were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). During the combat phase of OIF (March 21 to May 1, 2003), a total of 34 Marine Corps and 62 Iraqi patients underwent treatment at a FRSS. FRSS teams were assigned two distinct missions; "forward" FRSS teams operated with combat …
Authors
Bohman HR; Stevens RA; Baker BC; Chambers LW
Journal
Military Medicine, Vol. 170, No. 4, pp. 297–301
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 2005
DOI
10.7205/milmed.170.4.297
ISSN
0026-4075