Negus Tracy L, Brown Carrie J, Konoske Paula
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106-3521, USA.
Mil Med. 2010 Jan;175(1):1-6. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-09-00051.
The primary mission of hospital ships is to provide acute medical and surgical services to U.S. forces during military operations. Hospital ships also provide a hospital asset in support of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance (HA) operations. HA missions afford medical care to populations with vastly different sets of medical conditions from combat casualty care, which affects staffing requirements.
Information from a variety of sources was reviewed to better understand hospital ship HA missions. Factors such as time on-site and location shape the mission and underlying goals.
Patient encounter data from previous HA missions were used to determine expected patient conditions encountered in various HA operations. These data points were used to project the medical staffing required for future missions.
Further data collection, along with goal setting, must be performed to accomplish successful future HA missions. Refining staffing requirements allows deployments to accomplish needed HA and effectively reach underserved areas.
医院船的主要任务是在军事行动期间为美军提供急性医疗和外科服务。医院船还提供医院资源以支持救灾和人道主义援助（HA）行动。HA任务为患有与战斗伤员护理截然不同的各种医疗状况的人群提供医疗服务，这影响了人员配备需求。
查阅了各种来源的信息，以更好地了解医院船HA任务。诸如在现场的时间和地点等因素塑造了任务及其潜在目标。
来自以往HA任务的患者诊疗数据被用于确定各种HA行动中预期会遇到的患者状况。这些数据点被用于预测未来任务所需的医疗人员配备。
必须进行进一步的数据收集以及目标设定，以成功完成未来的HA任务。完善人员配备需求可使部署行动完成所需的HA任务，并有效覆盖服务不足的地区。
