A SORT Plus a GHOST Equals: Experience of Two Forward Medical Teams Supporting Special Operations in Afghanistan 2019. J Spec Oper Med 2019;19(3):117-121
Date
09/21/2019Pubmed ID
31539446DOI
10.55460/4KB6-VDU3Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85072521034 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
Theater Special Operations Force (SOF) medical planners have been using Army forward surgical teams (FSTs) to maintain a golden hour for US SOF during Operation Freedom's Sentinel in the form of Golden Hour Offset Surgical Treatment Teams (GHOST-Ts) in Afghanistan. Recently, the Special Operations Resuscitation Team (SORT) was designed to decompress and augment a GHOST-T to help extend a golden hour ring in key strategic locations. This article describes both teams working together in Operation Freedom's Sentinel while deployed in support of SOF in central Afghanistan during the summer fighting season.
Author List
Nam JJ, Milia DJ, Diamond SR, Gourlay DMAuthors
David M. Gourlay MD Chief, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinDavid J. Milia MD Associate Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Afghan Campaign 2001-Afghanistan
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Military Medicine
