EX SAIF SEREEA II--the field hospital clinical report

TY - JOUR

T1 - EX SAIF SEREEA II--the field hospital clinical report

AU - Bricknell, M C M

AU - Wright, L A

PY - 2004/12

Y1 - 2004/12

N2 - This paper places on record the clinical activity of the hospital facilities run by 22 Field Hospital on Exercise SAIF SEREEA II in Oman from August to November 2001. There were 1322 episodes of illness resulting in a hospital admission. The mean rate of admission was 1.96 patients per thousand per day (SD 13.62). The main causes of admission were gastrointestinal illness, conditions related to the heat and injuries. The reporting of health service utilisation data is an important duty of medical personnel during overseas deployments in order to add to the dataset available for the estimation of medical workload for future operations.

AB - This paper places on record the clinical activity of the hospital facilities run by 22 Field Hospital on Exercise SAIF SEREEA II in Oman from August to November 2001. There were 1322 episodes of illness resulting in a hospital admission. The mean rate of admission was 1.96 patients per thousand per day (SD 13.62). The main causes of admission were gastrointestinal illness, conditions related to the heat and injuries. The reporting of health service utilisation data is an important duty of medical personnel during overseas deployments in order to add to the dataset available for the estimation of medical workload for future operations.

KW - Hospitals, Military/statistics & numerical data

KW - Humans

KW - Military Personnel

KW - Oman

KW - Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data

KW - Transportation of Patients/statistics & numerical data

KW - United Kingdom

M3 - Article

C2 - 15732412

SN - 0035-8665

VL - 150

SP - 252

EP - 255

JO - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

JF - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

IS - 4

ER -