Eyeballing the Iraq Kill Zone - 9 Dec 04

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9 December 2004. Thanks to T.

1,324 US Military Dead During Iraq War: http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm

See also DoD tally: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Associated Press yesterday distributed the first two photos below and none of those showing wounds.

Source: the New England Journal of Medicine: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/24/2476

Caring for the Wounded in Iraq - A Photo Essay

A series of photographs by Drs. George E. Peoples, James R. Jezior, and Craig D. Shriver, portrays a medical care team in Iraq and the injuries confronted. This photo essay shows the acute management of life-threatening wounds.
Photos: From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

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General surgery backpack and anesthesia backpack, two of the five packs containing the rapid-response surgical system.
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28th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Iraq.

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274th Forward Surgical Team (FST) loaded into six Humvees with trailers in Iraq.
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Chemical and biologic protective shelter, which can be inflated in 15 minutes and used as an operating room.

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CCAT team transporting a patient.

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Typical FST operating room in a "drash" tent with two portable tables.

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Radiograph of mangled leg from blast injury.

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A common type of injury associated with roadside improvised explosive device run over by a Humvee.

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Typical large-fragment wound of the leg.
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Typical pattern of injury among soldiers wearing Kevlar vests to protect the chest and abdomen.

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High-energy gunshot wound to the abdomen, passing through the liver.
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Blast injury from exploding ordnance.

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Radiograph of distal femur mangled by large fragment.
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High-energy gunshot wound passing through the knee.

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Preparation of a patient for air evacuation.
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CH47 helicopter with Critical Care Air Transport (CCAT) team picking up a casualty for transport.

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Surgical teams at work in CSH operating room.
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Transpelvic gunshot wound requiring pelvic packing, diverting colostomy, and temporary abdominal closure.

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CCAT team that transports patients from Iraq to the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and from there to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C.
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Damage-control laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure - serially closed at WRAMC to prevent long-term ventral hernia and need for skin grafting.

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Wounded soldier receiving rehabilitation care at WRAMC.

Caring for the Wounded in Iraq - A Photo Essay A series of photographs by Drs. George E. Peoples, James R. Jezior, and Craig D. Shriver, portrays a medical care team in Iraq and the injuries confronted. This photo essay shows the acute management of life-threatening wounds. Photos: From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
General surgery backpack and anesthesia backpack, two of the five packs containing the rapid-response surgical system.	28th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Iraq.
274th Forward Surgical Team (FST) loaded into six Humvees with trailers in Iraq.	Chemical and biologic protective shelter, which can be inflated in 15 minutes and used as an operating room.
CCAT team transporting a patient.	Typical FST operating room in a "drash" tent with two portable tables.
Radiograph of mangled leg from blast injury.	A common type of injury associated with roadside improvised explosive device run over by a Humvee.
Typical large-fragment wound of the leg.	Typical pattern of injury among soldiers wearing Kevlar vests to protect the chest and abdomen.
High-energy gunshot wound to the abdomen, passing through the liver.	Blast injury from exploding ordnance.
Radiograph of distal femur mangled by large fragment.	High-energy gunshot wound passing through the knee.
Preparation of a patient for air evacuation.	CH47 helicopter with Critical Care Air Transport (CCAT) team picking up a casualty for transport.

Surgical teams at work in CSH operating room.	Transpelvic gunshot wound requiring pelvic packing, diverting colostomy, and temporary abdominal closure.
CCAT team that transports patients from Iraq to the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and from there to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C.	Damage-control laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure - serially closed at WRAMC to prevent long-term ventral hernia and need for skin grafting.
Wounded soldier receiving rehabilitation care at WRAMC.