Baghdad, bombs, and a kid with asthma

Thomas B Repine, MD, describes his experiences in Iraq with the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. The doctors, nurses, and medics, they were trying desperately to cope with the parade of mangled, bloodied American and Iraqi National Guard soldiers being launched through the admitting room doo...

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Published inMedical Economics Vol. 82; no. 5; pp. 50 - 52
Main Author Repine, Thomas B
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States MultiMedia Healthcare Inc 04.03.2005
Subjects
Asthma
Asthma - therapy
Child
Emergency Medical Services
Health administration
Humans
Iraq
Male
Medical treatment
Pediatrics
Physicians
War
Warfare
Iraq
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Summary:Thomas B Repine, MD, describes his experiences in Iraq with the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. The doctors, nurses, and medics, they were trying desperately to cope with the parade of mangled, bloodied American and Iraqi National Guard soldiers being launched through the admitting room doors. And then, amid the chaos, Repine noticed a young Iraqi boy, perhaps 8 years old, his worried parents at his bedside. The boy was sitting upright, fighting to remove a nonrebreather mask from his face. His whole body was shaking and turning blue. As a medical officer in Iraq - and as an oncologist when he returns back home - Repine knows there will be many more difficult trials to come.
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ISSN:0025-7206
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