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  • Title: Critical care medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in support of the global war on terrorism.
    Author: Colombo CJ, Mount CA, Popa CA.
    Journal: Crit Care Med; 2008 Jul; 36(7 Suppl):S388-94. PubMed ID: 18594268.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The military medical experience during wartime is unique and distinct from civilian medical practice. Historically, the military has produced innovations resulting in both civilian and military medical care advances, and our current conflict is no different. In this article, we provide a description of the medical and surgical intensive care units at Walter Reed, their history, and approach to new issues encountered in the care of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom soldiers. Additionally, descriptive statistics regarding the number of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom soldiers admitted to the critical care service, basic demographics, general category of injury, and discussion of intensive care unit issues unique to this patient population, such as Acinetobacter and traumatic brain injury, are presented. DISCUSSION: We intend to provide a general description of our Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom trauma population cared for by the critical care service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as a discussion of our approach to caring for some of their unique issues, to detail experiences that could translate into improvements for civilian trauma centers.
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