A specialized team dispatched from San Antonio Military Medical Center combined efforts with the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group to perform a just-in-time treatment on Feb. 18 in order to save the life of a NATO partner.
The patient was suffering from Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to Influenza B, and had to be admitted, and intubated, to the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital on Feb. 13. His condition worsened over the next 48 hours, and the decision to rapidly activate and deploy an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team was reached in order to keep the patient alive.
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The patient was suffering from Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to Influenza B, and had to be admitted, and intubated, to the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital on Feb. 13. His condition worsened over the next 48 hours, and the decision to rapidly activate and deploy an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team was reached in order to keep the patient alive.
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