Deeter David P
Deere and Company, 1 John Deere Place, Moline, IL 61240, USA.
Mil Med. 2011 Jul;176(7 Suppl):52-5. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-11-00076.
An important environmental concern during the first Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) was assessing exposures and potential health effects in U.S. forces exposed to the Kuwait oil fires. With only 3 weeks for planning, a Biological Surveillance Initiative (BSI) was developed and implemented for a U.S. Army unit. The BSI included blood and urine collections, questionnaire administration, and other elements during the predeployment, deployment, and post-deployment phases. Many BSI objectives were accomplished. Difficulties encountered included planning failures, loss of data and information, and difficulty in interpreting laboratory results. In order for biological surveillance initiatives to provide useful information for future deployments where environmental exposures may be a concern, meaningful, detailed, and realistic planning and preparation must occur long before the deployment is initiated.
第一次海湾战争（沙漠风暴行动）期间一个重要的环境问题是评估暴露于科威特油井大火的美军部队的接触情况和潜在健康影响。由于只有三周的规划时间，为一个美国陆军部队制定并实施了一项生物监测计划（BSI）。BSI包括在部署前、部署期间和部署后阶段进行血液和尿液采集、问卷调查以及其他项目。BSI的许多目标都得以实现。遇到的困难包括规划失误、数据和信息丢失以及实验室结果解读困难。为了使生物监测计划能为未来可能涉及环境暴露的部署行动提供有用信息，在部署开始前很久就必须进行有意义、详细且现实的规划和准备。
