Mobile Trauma Bay

A Mobile Trauma Bay is a containerized ambulance bay mounted on an Oshkosh Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR).[1][2] It holds state-of-the-art medical equipment and carries a Shock Trauma Platoon, generally consisting of one doctor, a nurse and three corpsmen, providing advanced resuscitative care to critically injured service members within the first hour after a traumatic injury (the "golden hour"). It takes emergency medical care far forward, saving more lives.[3][4] Over 98% of the wounded Marines who make it into the MTB, make it out alive.[5]

A Mobile Trauma Bay mounted on an Oshkosh Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR)
A Mobile Trauma Bay mounted on an Oshkosh Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR)

History

The MTB was designed and developed by James L. Hancock in 2008.[6][7] There were 914 concept drawings over the four-month period from design to deployment.[8]

References
  1. Chris Lawrence, CNN Pentagon Correspondence, “An Armored Emergency Room Doesn't Have to Wait for the Wounded.” CNN, April 12, 2010, accessed September 12, 2013.
  2. Col. Oliver North, "Report From a Forgotten War: Second in a Series." FoxNews.com, August 14, 2008, accessed September 12, 2013.
  3. Lance Cpl. Khoa Pelczar, "Mobile Trauma Bay Brings Medical Care Closer to Battlefield Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine," 1st Marine Logistics Group, May 1, 2010, accessed September 15, 2013.
  4. “ShockTrauma Platoon Extends Golden Hour For Marines,” America’s North Shore Journal, October 14, 2008, accessed August 24, 2013.
  5. Ben Roberts, “Special Report: Rolling Warfront E-R,” WALB News 10, May 2, 2011, accessed August 28, 2013.
  6. "Captain James L. Hancock, Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine," Navy Medicine. United States Navy. Accessed August 24, 2013.
  7. Amanda Hickey, "Lejeune Officer's Portable ER Saving Lives in the Field," newsobserver.com, August 23, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013.
  8. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, August 27, 2009, accessed September 22, 2013.
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