Keywords: Navy Medical Unit DVIDS18655.jpg en After a recent insurgent attack in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq blood is quickly needed for an injured service member at Camp Taqaddum located in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq As the camp's main surgical facility Taqaddum Surgical handles the sudden influx of patients as Chief Petty Officer Wilfredo C Panis administration chief helps Marines sailors and soldiers prepare the necessary paperwork to donate Often personnel here will show up within five minutes of the request going out said Cmdr Richard L Schroff officer in charge of Taqaddum Surgical Since taking over the facility Panis a 39-year-old native of Temecula Calif and the rest of the unit have used the emergency blood donation system seven times including a stretch of four out of five days recently Taqaddum Surgical handles the duties of both a shock trauma platoon and a forward resuscitative surgical suite which are essentially makeshift emergency and operating rooms When a service member is injured in battle he receives specialized resuscitative treatment from the STP with surgery provided by the FRSS More extensive care is provided at one of the Combat Army Surgical Hospitals in Baghdad or Balad 2006-04-26 Cpl Daniel Redding https //www dvidshub net/image/18655 18655 2006-04-26 10 24 AL ANBAR PROVINCE IQ PD-USGov Al Taqaddum Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |