European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 6,1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 reformer 90 clothes alone can t beat the cd a cold by Gary Pomeroy staff writer trying to prevent cold weather injuries by weaning huge woolly hats Bulky Goose father coals thick fingered insulated gloves flannel underwear electric socks and mukluks is Well not totally Cool. There Are no preventive measures that May be taken before exposure that will immunize one from cold weather  said maj. Terry Allmond. An environmental science Consul Tant with the 7th medical come in Heidelberg West Germany. However such measures will decrease the incidence of cold weather  the Man who prepared the preventive Medicine support package for this Winter s reformer and Centurion shield exercises said cold weather injuries Are caused by a combination of wind moisture in the air and the out door temperature. If you can control exposure to those three areas you can decrease the Inci Dence of cold weather injury said All mond who s been involved in planning exercises for the army in Europe since1985. Coupled with that you need meteorological data that allows you to plan for your operations to be shortened because of the weather you will be exposed to. If exposure in t controlled the results can be Trench foot frostbite or hypothermia he said. To help avoid those injuries soldiers receive unit level training for cold weather before participating in the deployment and redeployment phases of re forger. Those phases and the preventive medical monitoring of the exercise began dec. 27 and will continue through feb. 28. The training is aimed at maintaining a balanced diet what to Wear and How to care for the body in the clothing you re  he said. Before deploying for the exercise units appoint cold weather officers to educate the troops he said. While participating in the exercise the officers ensure that people on duty arc not allowed to be out in severe cold for extended periods. This especially applies to peo cold weather injuries soldiers exposed to cold weather Are susceptible to Lour major types of ailments. Here is a Brief description of each. Trench foot primarily Allectus feet thai Are exposed to wet cold environment usually below 50�f. Starts with numbness makes eel become swollen and waxy causes feet to break out in spots which Are Burgundy to Blue and cold to the touch hypothermia usually results from exposure to cold wind or water immersion can occur when body temperature drops below 94 f can be fatal frostbite primarily a flecks ears lace and hands exposed to freezing weather begins with uncomfortable sensation of coldness stinging followed by numbness and loss of sensation. Turns skin red and then waxy White could result in loss of limb Carbon monoxide poisoning causes headaches dizziness weakness ringing in ears and queasiness can Lead to unconsciousness is. Sur on  is pie on medication and those with High risk jobs such As guard duty. Allmond said the typical cold weather casualty is a 20-year-old male e-4 or below from a Southern state. The Vic tin usually has less than 18 months in the sen ice. "1 he person usually sleeps in a vehicle and the most common in jury is frostbite of the  he said. A fourth area associated with cold weather injury is Carbon monoxide poisoning. It s usually an individual exposed to the byproducts from gasoline and diesel engines and Field space healers due to in adequate ventilation in an enclosed environment Allmond said. Carbon monoxide poisoning can occur in festival tents used for billeting or in tracked or wheeled vehicles he said. If a Soldier is found unconscious in running vehicle or a heated Lent All mond said the person should be immediately taken to the fresh air and Given Mouth to Mouth respiration until revived and then evacuated to the nearest medical treatment  the most common cold weather injuries in the military arc Trench fool and frostbite usually affecting somebody on guard duty Allmond said. But this year unlike years past All mond said he and associates would gather stats and data that will allow us to deter mine if cold weather injury prevention is effective at the unit level or How effect  Allmond said there s an acronym to help remember a s to prevent such injuries cold. It Means keep it Dean avoid overheating Wear it Loose in layers and keep it  modern Mash to operate in Europe by Peggy  Bureau Pir Masens West Germany hot lips and Hawkeye Aren t pan of the team but Mash has come to Europe. The 5th Mobile army surgical Hospital from for Bragg n.c., landed in West Germany on thursday As part of re forger 90 and the first test of a Mash unit using the deploy Abl medical equipment system or Dep med. The system uses modular units for each Section of the Hospital said it. Col. Stephen Johnson commander of the 5lh mask. Using the modules unit can construct an entire Hospital or just the operating rooms. Once set up. The Porta ble facilities can rival some stateside military hospitals. The modules arc afar cry from the Bulky tents and heavy wooden poles used by Mash units in the Korea conflict and seen on the popular m a s h Tele vision series. The innovative system being Mccall used in re forger is de signed to save time in War Johnson said. I have a Dep med Hospital at fort Bragg but if we go to War we leave that stuff at fort Bragg and i draw this stuff Over Here he said. This particular set has never been taken out of depot pack. That ought to be real interesting. We have no idea what s Here and what s  All 200 or so members of the 5th Mash had Bee expected to participate in the return of forces to Germany exercise. But dozens were deployed to Sis Lynda Dart Sot members of the sch Mobile army surgical Hospital pick up their equipment at Pir Masens West Germany. Panama to provide medical support for the . Invasion in december. They returned to North car Olina Only Days before their scheduled departure for re forger and the army did t require them to make the second deployment. Only 139 will be in Germany for this exercise. One of them is it. Col. Susan Mccall. Chief nurse for the 44lh medical brigade. Mccall who a been an army nurse for 19 years and is one of four army nurses currently airborne qualified was deployed to Panama six Days before Christmas. Four Days after Christmas she was Back at fort Bragg. Five Days later Mccall found herself in West Germany As a re forger troop. She said she s the Only Mash member to make both deployments and that she wanted to come. Although the St Mash is shorthanded enough peo ple arc onland to drive its equipment to the exercise area and to set it up said sgt. I is class Tony Carter. The Mash contingent picked up the Hospital equipment from Llic combat equipment group Europe s Supply depot at Pir Masens. Since this is the first Lime Issue of Dep meds everyone s interest Din How Long it will Lake to Supply the  said 1st it. Matherme Marcos adjutant for the equipment group at Parma sons. The trucks and trailers used by the unit have been stored in humidity controlled warehouses. For the St Mash equipment includes trucks trailers an the modules which Are loaded into military vans. Unlike the television series there was no sol. Rizzo chomping on his Cigar complaining about who took the jeeps and negotiating deals for the use of his motor Pool vehicles. Instead camouflage Clad non commissioned officers drove trucks pulling Trai lers of equipment through safely checkpoints before heading to a marshalling area and on to i hair exercise site in Southern  has come a Long Way