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Medical and Surgical Issues in the Persian Gulf War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jacov Adler
Jacov Adler
Affiliation:
Dr. Adler is the Medical Director of the Department of the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
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Abstract

This report includes the preparations for and the medical impact of the missile attacks launched by Iraq on Israel. It includes the authorization language for the preparations, the preparations undertaken, the perceived threat to the civilian population of Israel, the operational plans activated, the attacks and the medical impact of these attacks, the number and types of casualties, the damage to property, and the initial and subsequent protection times. There occurred a total of 18 missile attacks with 40 conventional missiles launched against Israeli civilians. They resulted in an 4.4 times overall increase in the number of ambulance responses, 228 civilians injured; and two deaths. In addition, five persons died of myocardial infarction related to these attacks. Eight persons died of suffocation due to use of the gas masks.

Keywords

casualtieschemical warfarecivil defenseeducationemergency medical servicesgas masksgas-protection kitsmissile attacksmissilesmyocardial infarctionPersian Gulf Warpropertyprotection timessuffocationwarwar, preparations forwarning systems
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 73 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1997

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