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HRD-81-67 1 (1981-06-24)

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L-BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





Will There Be Enough Trained

Medical Personnel In Case Of War?





The number and types of medical personnel
in the military active duty and reserve forces
fall far short of the total projected require-
ments for the current most-demanding war-
time planning scenarios. Training of medical
personnel in combat casualty care has not been
accorded priority, and many such personnel
have not developed the needed skills to per-
form wartime missions effectively.

Federal mobilization planners believe that the
civilian sector has sufficient medical personnel
to augment most military shortfalls, and they
have begun efforts to obtain support from
civilian hospitafs. GAO recommends (1) alter-
natives for the Department of Defense, Selec-
tive Service, and the Department of Health
and Human Services, in coordination with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, to
use in obtaining medical personnel needed to
staff military hospitals in wartime and (2)
ways Defense could improve training of medi-
cal personnel in combat-related medical skills.









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