Table 1

Summary of Allies’ combat casualty care

UKUSACanada
Echelon 3/Role 3Field hospital: Camp BastionField Hospital: BagramField Hospital: Kandahar (till 2011)
Echelon 4/–– (Direct flight to UK)Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, GermanyLandstuhl Regional Medical Center (using US facilities)
Echelon 5/Role 4 acute surgeryCivilian University teaching hospital, Birmingham: RCDM/QEH3 Military hospitals: WRNMMC; Brook Army Medical Center; Naval Medical Center San DiegoVarious civilian university teaching hospitals (Level 1 trauma centres)
Role 4 rehabilitationMilitary hospital: DMRC Headley CourtColocated with Acute: Military Advanced Training Center; Center for the Intrepid; C5Various civilian
Military unit while patientPersonnel Recovery UnitsWarrior Transition Units/Wounded Warrior RegimentsOwn regiment
Weekly teleconference/video conferenceYesYes
  • C5, Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care; DMRC, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre; QEH, Queen Elizabeth Hospital; RCDM, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine; WRNMMC, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.