(Photo: The American Red Cross were operating a hot
coffee canteen
by 1400 hrs on the day of the jump.) |
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AMERICAN RED CROSS CANTEEN, TOPSIDE
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By mid-afternoon approximately 250-300 men had been brought into
the hospital. The doctors checked their dressings; the trained
medical aid men gave them what care and comfort they could; the
worst cases received plasma or splints or emergency treatment;
traction was improvised for the very bad fractures. A dressing
station or treatment room was also in operation; and the surgical
instruments brought in on the jump were laid out. Their use,
however, was limited by the fact that no water was available. Care,
therefore, consisted only of the simplest measures, and in what
relief from pain could be given by liberal use of morphia, combined
with barbiturate drugs.
Capt. Charles M. Bradford, MD |
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