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A Mobile Trauma Bay (MTB) is a containerized ambulance bay mounted on a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement [[LVSR]]. <ref>Chris Lawrence, CNN Pentagon Correspondence, “An Armored Emergency Room Doesn't Have to Wait for the Wounded.” CNN, April 12, 2010, accessed Septemebe.12, 2013, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1004/12/cnr.02.html</ref> <ref>Col. Oliver North, "Report From a Forgotten War: Second in a Series," FoxNews.com, August 14, 2008, accessed September 12, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/2008/08/14/report-forgotten-war-second-series" </ref> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4AUTWcAhpo)
A Mobile Trauma Bay (MTB) is a containerized ambulance bay mounted on a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement [[LVSR]]. <ref>Chris Lawrence, CNN Pentagon Correspondence, “An Armored Emergency Room Doesn't Have to Wait for the Wounded.” CNN, April 12, 2010, accessed Septemebe.12, 2013, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1004/12/cnr.02.html</ref> <ref>Col. Oliver North, "Report From a Forgotten War: Second in a Series," FoxNews.com, August 14, 2008, accessed September 12, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/2008/08/14/report-forgotten-war-second-series" </ref> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4AUTWcAhpo)


The MTB consists of state-of-the-art medical equipment and carries one doctor, a nurse and three corpsmen to provide advanced resuscitative care to critically-injured service members within the first hour after a traumatic injury ("The Golden Hour"). It affords the capability to take emergency medical care farther forward, saving more lives.<ref>Lance Cpl. Khoa Pelczar, "Mobile Trauma Bay Brings Medical Care Closer to Battlefield," 1st Marine Logistics Group, May 1, 2010, accessed September 15, 2013, http://www.1stmlg.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/8628/Article/96985/mobile-trauma-bay-brings-medical-care-closer-to-battlefield.aspx </ref> <ref>“ShockTrauma Platoon Extends Golden Hour For Marines,”America’s North Shore Journal, October 14, 2008, accessed August 24, 2013, http://northshorejournal.org/shock-trauma-platoon-extends-golden-hour-for-marines.</ref> More than 98% of the wounded Marines who make it into the MTB, make it out alive. <ref>Ben Roberts, “Special Report: Rolling Warfront E-R,” WALB News 10, May 2, 2011, accessed August 28, 2013, http://www.walb.com/story/14554234/special-report-albanys-warfront-e-r</ref>
The MTB consists of state-of-the-art medical equipment and carries a Shock Trauma Platoon, generally consisting of one doctor, a nurse and three corpsmen, to provide advanced resuscitative care to critically-injured service members within the first hour after a traumatic injury ("The Golden Hour"). It affords the capability to take emergency medical care farther forward, saving more lives.<ref>Lance Cpl. Khoa Pelczar, "Mobile Trauma Bay Brings Medical Care Closer to Battlefield," 1st Marine Logistics Group, May 1, 2010, accessed September 15, 2013, http://www.1stmlg.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/8628/Article/96985/mobile-trauma-bay-brings-medical-care-closer-to-battlefield.aspx </ref> <ref>“ShockTrauma Platoon Extends Golden Hour For Marines,”America’s North Shore Journal, October 14, 2008, accessed August 24, 2013, http://northshorejournal.org/shock-trauma-platoon-extends-golden-hour-for-marines.</ref> More than 98% of the wounded Marines who make it into the MTB, make it out alive. <ref>Ben Roberts, “Special Report: Rolling Warfront E-R,” WALB News 10, May 2, 2011, accessed August 28, 2013, http://www.walb.com/story/14554234/special-report-albanys-warfront-e-r</ref>


The MTB was developed and deployed by James L. Hancock in 2008.<ref>CAPT James L Hancock, Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth," Navy Medicine. United States Navy. Accessed August 24, 2013. http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcp/CommandInfo/Pages/XO.aspx</ref><ref> Amanda Hickey, "Lejeune Officer's Portable ER Saving Lives in the Field," newsobserver.com, August 23, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013.
The MTB was developed and deployed by James L. Hancock in 2008.<ref>CAPT James L Hancock, Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth," Navy Medicine. United States Navy. Accessed August 24, 2013. http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcp/CommandInfo/Pages/XO.aspx</ref><ref> Amanda Hickey, "Lejeune Officer's Portable ER Saving Lives in the Field," newsobserver.com, August 23, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013.

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The Mobile Trauma Bay

A Mobile Trauma Bay (MTB) is a containerized ambulance bay mounted on a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement LVSR. [1] [2] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4AUTWcAhpo)

The MTB consists of state-of-the-art medical equipment and carries a Shock Trauma Platoon, generally consisting of one doctor, a nurse and three corpsmen, to provide advanced resuscitative care to critically-injured service members within the first hour after a traumatic injury ("The Golden Hour"). It affords the capability to take emergency medical care farther forward, saving more lives.[3] [4] More than 98% of the wounded Marines who make it into the MTB, make it out alive. [5]

The MTB was developed and deployed by James L. Hancock in 2008.[6][7] There were 914 concept drawings over a four month period from the time it was proposed to the time it was deployed. [8]

References

  1. ^ Chris Lawrence, CNN Pentagon Correspondence, “An Armored Emergency Room Doesn't Have to Wait for the Wounded.” CNN, April 12, 2010, accessed Septemebe.12, 2013, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1004/12/cnr.02.html
  2. ^ Col. Oliver North, "Report From a Forgotten War: Second in a Series," FoxNews.com, August 14, 2008, accessed September 12, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/2008/08/14/report-forgotten-war-second-series"
  3. ^ Lance Cpl. Khoa Pelczar, "Mobile Trauma Bay Brings Medical Care Closer to Battlefield," 1st Marine Logistics Group, May 1, 2010, accessed September 15, 2013, http://www.1stmlg.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/8628/Article/96985/mobile-trauma-bay-brings-medical-care-closer-to-battlefield.aspx
  4. ^ “ShockTrauma Platoon Extends Golden Hour For Marines,”America’s North Shore Journal, October 14, 2008, accessed August 24, 2013, http://northshorejournal.org/shock-trauma-platoon-extends-golden-hour-for-marines.
  5. ^ Ben Roberts, “Special Report: Rolling Warfront E-R,” WALB News 10, May 2, 2011, accessed August 28, 2013, http://www.walb.com/story/14554234/special-report-albanys-warfront-e-r
  6. ^ CAPT James L Hancock, Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth," Navy Medicine. United States Navy. Accessed August 24, 2013. http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcp/CommandInfo/Pages/XO.aspx
  7. ^ Amanda Hickey, "Lejeune Officer's Portable ER Saving Lives in the Field," newsobserver.com, August 23, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/08/23/50613_lejeune-officers-portable-er-saving.html#storylink=cpy August 23, 2009, http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/08/23/50613_lejeune-officers-portable-er-saving.html
  8. ^ August 27, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013, http://www.lejeune.marines.mil/Photos.aspx?igphoto=10568

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