Will America Be Able to Treat Its Battlefield Wounded?


 

Publication Date: December 1984

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Henry Mohr

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: National security

Type: Report

Abstract:

The U.S. long has taken pride in its ability to care for its battlefield wounded. Rapid medical attention in South Vietnam, for instance, enormously increased the chances for survival of wounded GIs. How well American casualties will be treated medically in future and possibly larger conflicts, however, is a matter of growing concern. The.medica1 care on hand, available, or currently programmed is insufficient to treat the numbers of casualties likely to result from heavy armed conflict.