(Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Watson, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
By Staff Sgt. Mark Watson
129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — While patients teeter between life and death, the Soldiers of the 14th Combat Support Hospital ’s Intensive Care Unit fight to keep them alive.
Deployed to Bagram Airfield , Afghanistan , the dedicated Army nurses of the Fort Benning , Ga. ,-based ICU care for a wide variety of patients.
“The ICU here at Bagram is the main ICU for Afghanistan ,” said Sgt. Josue Contreras, a licensed practical nurse from Chicago , Ill. “We take care of anyone from local nationals, Afghan police, Afghan National Army, Afghan special forces, coalition and contract personnel.”
The variety of medical problems that the nurses treat is as eclectic as the people.
“We (treat) anything from medical problems to surgical issues to trauma injuries of any kind, from someone stepping on a landmine, IEDs, gunshot wounds, burns, you name it,” Contreras said. Full Story
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