US troops deliver food, supplies to devastated Puerto Rico during round-the-clock operations

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55. But again...

A). Two of those OR's are "emergency use"
B). Who's going to run them and staff them?? To run six ORs at the same time would require 6 surgeons, 6 anesthesia types, 6 OR nurses, 6 scrub techs at a minimum, and that's just the bare minimum of staff, not to mention the equipment and resources needed. Our mass casualty plan, even in situations like this one, was never built on the idea that patients would be operated on in that fashion. Our mass casualty plan consisted of using our best resource, the air support, and getting patients seen and stabilized and sent out...the OR was only used in an absolute must use scenario. In fact, during our mass casualty drills, once I decided to take a patient to the OR, our team was pulled from the exercise for at least an hour, to simulate exactly what would happen during a real world scenario.
C). I'm not sure where they're getting that in 2011 it was outfitted with three ORs because in had three main ORs in 2010, maybe that's referring to the "emergency" ORs. I can't say, but I'll reach out to a buddy of mine that was on the ship in 2011 and find out the answer.
D). The "supporting 600 patients" is the sticky wicket in Ponds' quote...yes, that's theoretically possible once the area below decks where logistical equipment and supplies are stored after they've been off loaded, but you couldn't reach that capacity on arrival...unless you're going to choose to legitimately leave your largest ship in the Amphibious Assault Group intentionally empty while going to a humanitarian crisis, which we both know is not the case.

Anyway, not picking a fight over a nitpick, although it seems others are being quite snarky in this thread. Just wanted to throw in my own 2c and experience. I love that ship dearly, even though it's a completely different crew now.