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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.