A personal reflection: a case study in family-centered care at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

This article describes the family-centered care that the National Naval Medical Center provided to the family members of a war-wounded soldier. It also includes the compelling written thoughts of a mother's bedside vigil during the 32 days her son spent in a sedated and ventilated state in the intensive care unit.

Stateside care of marines and sailors injured in Iraq at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

This article has been written by four staff members from the Critical Care Department at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. They are part of a large and extremely sophisticated medical response team who cares for the injured when they return to the United States. This article covers the interdisciplinary teamwork that is vital to the care of catastrophic war injuries and shows how detailed treatment plans are formulated for each casualty.

Managing critical care casualties on the Navy's hospital ships.

In this article, a history of the hospital ships was recounted. Recent missions were described in terms of the ship and crew's capability based on education and mock training exercises. Patient flow was described and a case scenario was presented to illustrate surgically intensive management of critical care casualties.