Research Catalog

Title

Timelines for reaching injured personnel in Africa / Christopher A. Mouton, John P. Godges.

Author

Mouton, Christopher A.

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Godges, John
• Rand Corporation.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Description

xv, 55 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Conducting medical evacuations and other personnel recovery missions in Africa is challenging because of the continent's vast geographic scope and the small number of U.S. personnel scattered across it. This report studies the military medical literature and recent historical cases to explore the relationships between rescuability and time. Marginal changes in incident response times, given a baseline of 6 or 12 hours, do not correlate with dramatically different rescuability rates in the historical cases. Enhancements of the initial medical care provided can improve rescuability rates; however, providing even modestly improved care in an operational context may prove difficult. Future analyses can use the baseline results outlined here to assess the likely rescuability rates associated with alternative rescue options. The cost and effectiveness of options can then be determined and compared. The policy question revolves around balancing the benefits of speed and improved care with the operational, clinical, and financial costs"--Publisher's web site.

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Search and rescue operations > Evaluation. > Africa
• Search and rescue operations > Africa

Genre/Form

Military history

Note

• "RR-1536-OSD"--Cover page 4.
• "RAND National Defense Research Institute."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 55).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction and methodology -- Rescuability data and results.

ISBN

• 0833096354
• 9780833096357

OCLC

• 966582732
• SCSB-10242774

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library