En Route Critical Care Transfer From a Role 2 to a Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility in Afghanistan.

Background: En route care is the transfer of patients requiring combat casualty care within the US military evacuation system. No reports have been published about en route care of patients during transfer from a forward surgical facility (role 2) to a combat support hospital (role 3) for comprehensive care.

Objective: To describe patients transferred from a role 2 to a role 3 US military treatment facility in Afghanistan.