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Life and Death in the War Zone
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
Ask students to brainstorm the kinds of medical personnel they think the
armed forces employ. What kind of medical support might be needed during a war?
What kinds of medical personnel might have been deployed to support troops in
Iraq? (A CSH contains many of the same specialists as a stateside hospital,
including internists, nurses, dentists, ophthalmologists, gynecologists,
surgeons, radiologists, and infectious disease specialists.)
Organize students into two groups. As they watch, have one group take notes
on the 21st CSH guidelines for treating injured Iraqis; have the second group
take notes on each patient that came into the CSH and the decisions made
regarding the case.
After Watching
Review students' notes regarding the 21st CSH guidelines for treating Iraqis
and the cases that came up during the program. What were the guidelines? In
each case, what guidelines and considerations did medical personnel use to make
their decisions? What do students think about each of the decisions made?
Ask students to think of other circumstances in which priorities need to be
set for allocation of limited resources (e.g.,emergency-room triage, food
distribution in areas of famine, medicine allotment in countries experiencing
disease outbreaks). What might some of the guiding principles be for these
situations?
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