Chapter 7 = Medical
Task Group 7.2 was responsible for providing medical attention to
Task Group 7./; personnel and was manned with sufficient doctors to do this
job well,
By and large the command remained extremely healthful through-
out the exercise.
We had no epidemics.
The majority of the cases treated
fel) into one of three groups, i. e.
a.
Superficial skin infections.
b.
Upper respiratory infections.
ec.
Minor injuries.
Medical. services to Task Group 7. personnel on outlying islands were
provided hy the assignment to each of a medical technician, plus occasional
visits by Task Group 7.2 doctors and the Task Group 7. Flight Surgeon.
Because we had a large number of flying personnel engaged in diversified
flying activities, Task Group 7.1; had assigned to it a Flight Surgeon
from
March 1958 to the completion of the exercise.
He was provided
with an office in one of our operations buildings and was very effective
in taking care of medical problems for our flying personnel.
His activities
were somewhat handicapped by lack of medical technicians} we recommend
that medical technicians be provided for future operationsof this nature.
From time to time during the exercise medical services were provided
in emergency situatizns on outlying islands where we maintained detachments,
_ These services were provided to both military and indigenous personnel and
included diagnosis, treatment and/or evacuation.
Outstanding among these
events were:
ae
Evacuation of two cases of acute appendicitis.
b.
Evacuation of a suspected case of smallpox.
c.
Evacuation of a case of multiple fractures in a boy who had
fallen from a tree.
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Evacuation of a case with a huge abscess in his right flank.
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d.