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After a recent insurgent attack in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, blood is quickly needed for an injured service member. Marines, sailors and soldiers answer the call at Camp Taqaddum's main surgical facility to donate. Often, service members here will show up within five minutes of the request going out, said Cmdr. Richard L. Schroff, the officer in charge of Taqaddum Surgical. Since taking over the facility , Schroff, a 43-year-old native of Carrollton, Va., and his unit have used the emergency blood donation system seven times, including a stretch of four out of five days recently. Taqaddum Surgical handles the duties of both a shock trauma platoon and a forward resuscitative surgical suite, which are essentially makeshift emergency and operating rooms. When a service member is injured in battle, he receives specialized resuscitative care from the STP, with surgery provided by the FRSS. More extensive care is provided at one of the Combat Army Surgical Hospitals in Baghdad or Balad.
| Date Taken: | 04.26.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 04.26.2006 10:25 |
| Photo ID: | 18663 |
| Resolution: | 2763x1821 |
| Size: | 3.07 MB |
| Location: | AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IQ |
| Web Views: | 164 |
| Downloads: | 23 |
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Navy medical unit critical to lifesaving efforts in Iraq
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