European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars a n d s t r ipes wednesday march21 2007 Sandra Jont stars and stripes the new level Iii trauma Hospital at Al Asad air base in Western Iraq includes 12 intensive care unit Beds new level Iii Hospital opens in Anbar area by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes Al Asad air base Iraq us military officials opened a new level Iii trauma Hospital Here monday saying it will greatly improve the survival rate for us coalition and iraqi forces wounded in the fighting in Anbar province basically if you get Here and youre alive youll leave alive said us army maj Gen Ronald Silverman commander of the 3rd task Force medical command if you get Here Well save you roughly 40 percent of us casualties come from Anbar province in West Ern Iraq and until monday there had been no level m Facil Ity the High est in a combat zone to treat them said Sil Verman who oversees the seven military medical facilities in Iraq establishing the Hospital in Anbar Means wounded troops dont have to be sent to level Iii facilities in Baghdad or Balad Cut Ting transport time and increasing troops Odds of surviving the War Here said col Bryan Kelly commander of Al aads task Force 399th combat support hos Pital level Iii centers offer critical surgical and sustainment services Well above the resuscitative services provided at the Lowe level treatment facilities from Al Asad patients needing additional or Lon term treatment Are flown to Germany or to the United states the million prefabricated modular Hospital has four operating rooms that can be run Simuta ii it has what we need and if not we can be very creative Neoushy if necessary the 32bed Hospital consists of 12 Intel Siv care unit Beds and 20 inter mediate care unit Beds the staff of 23 physicians 50 nurses and 70 medical technicians also can provide services in emergency Medicine trauma sur Gery orthopaedic surgery general surgery vascular surgery hand surgery surgery critical nursing care family prac Tice internal Medicine radiology pulmonary Medicine and nutrition the faculty also has a Wom ens clinic it will provide care for us coalition and iraqi army and police forces and will treat civilians wounded As a re sult of combat operations Kelly said were not a Host nation hos Pital he added while the ice facilities might Lack some of the Topo theline technology found stateside in civilian hospitals they Are adequately equipped to serve critically ill or wounded troops in a com Bat environment said army 2nd it Melinda Nekervis an ice and flight nurse it has what we need and if not we can be very creative she said the extremely Fine pow de like dust that is iraqi Sand presents a Challenge in trying to keep the operating rooms As clean and sterile As possible said army staff sgt Anthony Bunnell the operating rooms noncommissioned officer in charge the area is mopped at least five times during each of the eight hour shifts to keep it clean he said its a constant Battle email Sandra Jontz at army 2nd it Melinda Nekervis ice and flight nurse at new level Iii trauma Hospital in Anbar province Iraq afghan teen Dies in attack on us embassy Convoy by Fisnik Abrashid the associated press Kabul Afghanistan a Sui cide car bomber attacked a three vehicle us embassy con Voy on a notoriously dangerous Road in the afghan capital on monday killing an afghan teen Ager and wounding five embassy Security personnel officials said the blast propelled one of the armoured sums across the Road which is often the site of bomb Ings and rocket attacks the two other vehicles also were dam aged and flames shot through the wreckage of the suicide car bomb a 15yearold afghan on the Side of the Road was killed said Hasib Arian the District police chief five us embassy Security personnel were injured one seriously said col Tom Collins the spokesman for natos International Security assistance Force the us ambassador Ronald Neumann was not in the Convoy said embassy spokesman Joe Mel Lott a Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said in a phone Call to the associated press that a Taliban militant from Khost province carried out the attack the explosion witnessed by an associated press reporter travel ing behind the Convoy occurred about two Miles from the embassy on the Road that leads to the us base at Bagram and the town of Jala Labad to the East fifty us embassy Security teams initially prevented afghan police nato soldiers and journalists from getting close to the vehicles when i reached the bomb site i told them i am the chief of District no 9 it is my duty to investigate let me go said Arian but they didst listen they pushed me they humiliated me italian journalist kidnapped reportedly by Taliban in Afghanistan two Day in a video posted on his from the not for the italian daily arrived at a Hanist anywhere the Aid he is in Good health and i expect that in will be Frevik Days we in Iraq frames fight on youtube by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington the popu Lar video sharing web site you tube has dozens of unauthorized clips of soldiers in Iraq some conducting missions some Jok ing around during downtime some of troops being ambushed by insurgents now coalition officials have started posting authorized clips too in an Effort to offer their look at the fight overseas earlier this month officials with multinational Force Iraq debuted six videos of troops battling insurgents in Iraq including a firefight on Haifa Street footage from unmanned drones targeting antiaircraft guns and the discovery of a bomb factory during operation Exellen Iii officials have released three More since then linking the whole group through their main web site and encouraging blog Gers to share or Host the clips with their readers we Are trying to reach audiences that get their news in new and different ways said it col Chris Carver director of the combined press information Center we want to present unfiltered images to these audiences to provide More context to what is happening on the ground in Iraq the videos Are the latest move by the office to offer information beyond mainstream news re ports and Basic press releases last year officials contacted numerous bloggers to encourage them to directly link to the Menfi site the online staff also provides Access for online writ ers to additional news reports by military writers As Well As regu Lar feeds of press releases and alerts normally made available to major Media outlets Erick Barnes webmaster for the Menfi site said he Hopes bloggers embrace the new video offerings we want our clips to help Tell the whole Story about what is happening on the ground in Iraq and bloggers provide a unique outlet for sending that Story to a unique audience he said there Are increasing numbers of people every Day receiving their news and information in new and exciting ways we want to be a part of that the Effort also takes advantage of a new youtube service that lets posters create their own online Channel giving Menfi a footprint on the popular web site officials said that will help viewers of one video More easily find the others Treyve posted Garver said All of the clips posted so far come from Public affairs outlets and Pentagon Chan Nel reporters but servicemen Bers can submit their own foot age for consideration through the main site  com or by emailing it to Mil clips with profanity sexual Content graphic or disturbing images jokes about iraqi Security forces or iraqis and clips that May violate operational Security will not be considered we ensure clips present the proper image that the cups give viewers around the world a boots on the ground perspective of operation iraqi Freedom from those who Are fighting it Garver said email Leo Shane at location near Camps Lester Foster free parking swimming Pool for everyone water purifier installed Friendly English speaking staff Annex comfortable furnished rooms free internet connection in 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