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ATTU Protocol for ANA By

ATTU Protocol for ANA By. LTC Dr. Sami Yousufzai ANA. Contents. Brief Definition of ATTU Goals Capabilities Elements needed to develop and maintain ATTU based on our experience in Shorabak Helmand The Vital Nature of developing and maintaining ATTU for the future success of ANA.

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ATTU Protocol for ANA By

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  1. ATTU Protocol for ANABy LTC Dr. Sami Yousufzai ANA

  2. Contents • Brief Definition of ATTU • Goals • Capabilities • Elements needed to develop and maintain ATTU based on our experience in Shorabak Helmand • The Vital Nature of developing and maintaining ATTU for the future success of ANA

  3. Brief Definition of ATTU • ATTU- US Air Force Special Forces Unit. • Mobile surgical units first used in 1914-18 War in France. • US Forces have used mobile Role 2 capability for over 20 years. • Afghanistan Started first ATTU on 28 April 2013

  4. Goals • Develop a surgical capability for ANA Corps • Increasing providing surgical care in the battlefield to decrease the casualty levels in the battlefield. • Assuring the soldiers that they will be cured in spite of the stressful conditions and limited capabilities in the battlefield • Stabilizing the patients to be evacuated to the next stage of their treatment

  5. Elements needed to develop and maintain ATTU • Planning: • Advanced Preparations for all aspects • Running the drills and practicing the key elements • Staff ( 12 – 15) • Medical and nonmedical: • Having and enforcing a rotation plan for the staff • Equipment ( permanent and disposable)

  6. Elements needed to develop and maintain ATTU Cont • Medevac: • (ground and Air) • Logistical Support: • Medical supplies • Nonmedical supplies • Vital supplies • Command and control: • Leadership • Security considerations • effective communications with all Levels

  7. The Vital Nature of developing and maintaining ATTU for the future success of ANA • Significantly Increasing the survival chances of the solders as a result of providing care in the first instances of the occurrence of the cases • Establishing ATTU is quicker • Filling the gap for inadequate transportation capabilities • Applicable in war and peace times ( natural disasters)

  8. Summary • Provides surgical care in the battlefield • decrease the casualty levels in the battlefield • Assuring the soldiers that they will be cured • Stabilizing the patients to be evacuated to the next stage

  9. Any Question?

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