European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 2, i9b3 the stars and stripes Page 9 a mock patient is wheeled to a proc cat shelter and right  in Leal at run Stern and. Real patients could be treated promptly on base. Shelters would provide on base treatment by Janet d Agostino medical tiler Ramstein a. Germany i to inc cd medical shelters constructed to withstand a 1,000-Pound bomb exploding al2l feel will allow combat casualties to be treated on the bases where they Are injured instead of being transported elsewhere. Built with the idea or resuming to duty As Many airmen As possible alter a Chemi Cal nuclear or conventional attack 120 of the she Lucre will be placed on air farce bases in Europe Between 1940 and 1993 Al a Cost of i1,1 million each. The first survivable collective Protection system medi Cal in Safe was built at Kam Stcin a this tall. The Small medical facility sunk into in the ground and covered with Earth began Itsvo weeks Oft sting list week. In an enemy attack casualties would be brought id the shelter decontaminated if necessary and then Given emergency room care including the insertion Arches tubes or administration or intravenous fluids. During the testing groups of 66 mock patients arc being sprayed with laundry while Crter and a chemical that simulates wartime gases. They then Are decontaminated to work out minor problems with procedures noted during Small scale test ing in the United states mid maj. Robert Perry medical readiness staff of flier and chief of concepts and development for the Safe command surgeon s office. The problems included not having enough people in Ley areas keeping the decontamination process moving quickly and communication glitches. Without the shelter medical personnel would have to move five to 10 Miles off base so they could treat patients without wearing gear to protect them from harmful chemicals said Brig. Gen Paul Gleason the Safe command surgeon. Patients can be treated immediately in the shelters lessening the Chance of their conditions deteriorating while being trans ported he said. Paid cats with Only minor injuries can return More quickly to duly. The shelter is an improved version of one used in a 1933 test in Germany by he . Air Force. It is designed for contaminated casualties id enter in one direction while contaminant free air is ventilated la the out Side in the opposite direction. The shelter includes heating and air conditioning units a 1,200-gallon water system to last for seven Days and a four Day Supply of food and medical equipment. In wartime the shelters would be staffed by base personnel and members of the air National guard. Short Ofa direct hit the Shillers should function As planned provided they receive the needed support. Perry said. We need fuel Wing in transportation the same Type of civil engineering support everybody else needs he said. Or. Maj David Hansen chief of clinic services Al Raf Fairford England helped test the rams Cin shelter and said it has fantastic  we can stabilize people with minor to major injuries and then get them moved behind the lines Hansen said. Data from world War ii and the korean and Vietnam wars shows that 40 per cent of Alt casualties arc Able to return to duty Perry said. Previous medical exercises have shown that a patient with minor injuries May not be available for duly for approximately Eig Jit hours after entering an off base facility depending on he transportation at hand and How far he must travel he said. The Ideal is that the Rooner you can pet an injured Soldier or airman to definitive care the lower the death Rale and complications from injuries said maj. Gen. Monte Miller Neucom command sur Geon. Moving Oft base was the Only option we had before especially during a chemical attack. The air Force s Mission is to generate As Many sorties As possible we need 10 keep them air planes in  the Safe combat casually car system the plan for medical care during a War can be compared to a linked Chain with the first link being at the place of attack and the last link in the United Stales. Depending on the severity of their injuries casualties would Only reach cer Tain Points along the Chain with the most seriously injured arriving in the United states. The first link in the plan is for the injured to be treated by a medic or a buddy or if possible for the victim to Jive him self first Aid. The second link will he the cps a shelters where patient would walk in under their own Power or be brought by someone else. The Voird link would be bringing a Lionts who needed further care to con in Ocny hospitals located away from Likely target areas contingency hospitals rebuilding supplied with the necessary med ical equipment to function As hospitals if needed. Patients could receive a wide Vari Ety of care including surgery Al these facilities. The fourth link is belter equipped contingency hospitals thai can provide More specially and rehabilitative care. It patients could not return to duly from these hospitals they would be medically evacuated to the final link medical facilities i the United states. Contra Aid plan in trouble gop senator says Washington apr president Reagan s $36.2 million Aid proposal for the nicaraguan Contra is in jeopardy because the administration has failed to give Congress a say in whether military Aid in the proposal is released to the re Bels a gop senator who supports the Aid proposal said monday. My View is thai the chances for Pas Sage Are diminished said sen. John Mccain r-ariz., in an interview with a group of reporters Bui while House spokesman Martin Fitz Walcer insisted that the administration is searching for a Way to Widen the congressional role in the process of deter mining whether the s3.6 million of so called lethal Aid in the package would be released. The spokesman contended that the administration is seeking some Type of Resolution to the problem. During a while House meeting with Reagan and his top strategists last week Mccain said he asked whether anyone in inc room believed the administration had the Voles to win. There was a Sil cure Mccain said before one official spoke up and said Reagan had a righting  Mccain said he argued for giving con Kress a Chance at the end of March to hold i second vote on whether the Cen trial american peace process is making sufficient Progress to withhold release of 13.6 million in weapons Aid to the rebels but he was turned Down. Reagan s package includes s3.6 Mil lion for ammunition and anti aircraft missiles which would be placed in escrow and released after March 31 if the president decides that the regional peace process has not succeeded. The remain ing non lethal Aid covers everything from food and clothing to Money to lease aircraft and buy communications gear for troops in the Field. If inc package goes Down to defeat Mccain said it is Likely that the Man Agua government will revoke concessions it has made in recent weeks such As per mitting opposition newspapers and radio stations to operate. The United states then will be faced with an even More Complex foreign policy dilemma. As the wednesday showdown Vole in inc House approaches Reagan is making a last ditch lobbying drive that included a speech which was scheduled monday before the National religious broadcast ers and was to culminate with a Tele Vised Pilch to the nation tuesday night. Reagan contends that maintaining support Abr the contras is essential to Tiave off communism in Centra Ameri Ca Aid opponents say further support will reduce the Chance of obtaining peace. Both sides predict a Clif Flinger with some two dozen undecided House Mem Bers Likely to determine the outcome in wednesday s scheduled Vole. House majority Leader Thomas s. Foley d-wash., predicted sunday that congressional opponents of the Aid will prevail. "1 am modestly optimistic said Rea Gan s chief of staff Howard Baker on lbs to s face the  on the Abc program National Security adviser it Gen. Colin Powell said the Reagan administration will abide by the will of the Congress and will not seek assistance for the Comras from foreign countries if the package rejected. The administration secretly sought such outside assistance after Congress Cut off Contra did in 1984. Bui Powell said then arc no similar plans this time. We Are running this program straight up in a Way thai is explainable to the american people and we have to be Able to defend it to inc Congress and the american people Powell added