Descriptive analysis of the medical care performed in the Spanish military Role 1 Medical Treatment Facility deployed in Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ (Iraq), 2015–2016

Abstract

The results of our study reinforce those found in similar recent international missions in which the Spanish Armed Forces and other allied armies have deployed a Role 1 medical treatment facility. Military physicians deploying on operations such as Iraq should have up-to-date training in emergency and primary care medicine, with special emphasis on basic trauma knowledge and performing minor surgical processes.