Table 1.

Levels of care for US wounded in Iraq/Afghanistan

Level of care	Description
I	Battalion Aid Station (unit level, combat medic, immediate first aid and transport)
II	Forward Surgical Team, limited emergency surgery capabilities
III	Army Combat Support Hospital (theater hospital with intensive care)
IV	Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany (multidisciplinary surgical trauma management for catastrophic injury)
V	Major stateside trauma centers with teaching and research: Brooke Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, San Diego Naval Medical Center

(Modified and reprinted with permission from Nesson SC, Lounsbury, DE, Hetz SP. War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003–2007. Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General; 2008.)