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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, his family and his father in-law, a former 46th Combat Support Hospital commander in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, toured 10th CSH medical facilities Feb. 25, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Retired Col. Theodore Raia, the father of ambassador Douglas Silliman’s wife, visited Kuwait to participate in the celebration of Kuwait’s liberation and asked to visit the medical facilities.
For Raia, the tour was a chance to see how far along the operations within a combat support hospital have come since his time as a commander.
For the 10th CSH Soldiers, the visit was a chance to demonstrate the readiness and responsive capabilities as the Role 3 facility for U.S. Army Central’s area of operations, said Lt. Col. Jodelle Schroeder, 10th CSH assistant deputy commander for nursing.
A Role 3 hospital is normally provided at the division level and above. These facilities typically include specialty diagnostic resources, surgical and medical capabilities, preventive medicine, food inspection, dentistry, and operational stress management teams.
“The hospital has a nine-bed emergency department with a two-bed trauma bay,” said Schroeder, of Fairfax, Virginia. “We are able to see any urgent and emergent care patients on Camp Arifjan. We are the Role 3 medical treatment facility for the theater, so anybody needing hospitalization comes here.”
The inpatient area has a four-bed intensive care unit and a 20-bed intermediate care unit. It also has a two-bed operating room. There are also several specialty care clinics and specialist physicians to include a cardiologist, orthopedist, and OB-GYN, added Schroeder.
The hospital is a fixed structure that rotates personnel who cycle through on their deployment tour. It is unique compared to other CSH facilities supporting other theaters of operations, which are usually tented and manned by the CSH’s own personnel and equipment, said Schroeder.
“The other thing that makes us unique here is that we have a wellness focus,” explained Schroeder. “We have a responsibility to make sure that we are able to continue the resilience piece of being a Soldier.”
The hospital is also the primary medical evacuation location for Service members in theater and coordinates for movement to more optimal care facilities within the USARCENT AOR.
“My staff supports the air evacuation missions for anyone that needs to get to more definitive and long-term care,” said Sgt. 1st Class Steven Brown, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the intensive care unit. “We also do a lot of the coordination for getting patients here to our facility for inpatient care.”
While the hospital staff stays busy with getting Service members ready to get back in the fight, the appearances of distinguished guests seems to be very welcomed. Other distinguished visitors to the hospital that week was Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“It was a good experience for the Soldiers,” said Brown, a native of Las Vegas, adding, “to get that kind of exposure, experience and to feel valued. You get caught up in the everyday grind, which I’m sure everybody does and for somebody that important to take time out of their day to meet and greet with Soldiers, make you feel appreciated.”
| Date Taken: | 03.01.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.01.2016 07:42 |
| Story ID: | 190581 |
| Location: | KW |
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