Keywords: Navy Medical Unit DVIDS18656.jpg en After an insurgent attack in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq medical personnel like Petty Officer 2nd Class Victor Ludi must handle an influx of injured service members at Camp Taqaddum's main surgical facility Ludi begins to draw blood from a Marine at Taqaddum Surgical Since taking over the facility March 3 Ludi a 30-year-old native of Las Vegas N M 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 1st Lt Robert Shuford https //www dvidshub net/image/18656 18656 2006-04-26 10 24 AL ANBAR PROVINCE IQ PD-USGov Al Taqaddum Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |