Since I am always emailing about myself and the kids, Greg often gets neglected. He is doing some interesting things right now with his career in the military.
Greg is an anesthesiologist with the Army. Currently he is assigned the the 212th CASH unit of Miesau Germany. A CASH is a mobile hospital, like a MASH unit from that show in the 80's. The only difference between the two, is that the CASH is larger and more permanent. From day to day, Greg works at Landstuhl Army Medical Center as a anesthesiologist. Now and then the CASH meets for training purposes. They tend to be broken up into smaller groups for humanitarian relief work. Last week Greg met with a group from the CASH to organize supplies for a smaller hospital, that could deploy fast, support 8 ICU patients at a time for 3 days to 3 months. Here are some pictures from that project.
One of the tents before it was assembled. It requires about 6 strong (like Greg) people to carry.
The "ER" tent.
The ICU capable of caring for 8 patients at a time. They get evacuated quickly.
The tents assembled in a warehouse. The 8 bed hospital consists of 4 tents.
Greg's work area. He has an Anesthesia machine that fits in a suitcase. Next month they are going to practice using the hospital and the equipment, using real surgeries. After they work out the kinks, they will pack up the materials and have them ready for quick deployments.
7 comments:
Wow that is REALLY cool to see. What a neat thing... good to know how prepared they are. :-) Looks interesting
That is amazing! Thanks for sharing a piece of your husband's life with us.
That is cool!!
Sometimes I forget there are people who actually KNOW what their husbands do and can visit or take pictures of their workspace . . .
That looks very exciting and crazy! Good for him!
That's awesome to see what he does! Man, it would be cold in those tents!
I'm hoping they aren't preparing the CASH unit for anything like an upcoming deployment ... ah! You only have 3 1/2 more years before you guys are so OUT. Let's hope you ALL stay put till then.
Guess I shouldn't complain about the hospital in China could be worse I suppose. I am still trying for a trip to Germany!
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