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Surgical challenges in Non-combatant Evacuation Operations.

Bruno de La Villéon¹, Alexandre Caubère², Alexis Maffert³

¹Department of Digestive and Metabolic Surgery, Military Teaching Hospital Laveran, 13000 Marseille, France.

|November 3, 2024

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Operation SAGITTAIRE successfully evacuated over 1000 civilians from Sudan, demonstrating effective military medical support and damage control surgery in a complex civil war scenario.

Keywords:

Civil war Damage control Special forces Surgical support Trauma

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Area of Science:

Military Medicine
Disaster Response
Surgical Interventions

Background:

Global uncertainties necessitate vigilant national approaches to citizen safety.
Recent crises have led Western nations to conduct complex evacuations.
Sudan's civil war in April 2023 prompted France's Operation SAGITTAIRE (OS) evacuation from Djibouti.

Purpose of the Study:

Analyze surgical challenges during Operation SAGITTAIRE (OS).
Evaluate human, technical, and logistical requirements for military interventions in multinational civilian populations.

Main Methods:

Retrospective observational study of Operation SAGITTAIRE.
Analysis of surgical procedures, including damage control surgery, orthopedic procedures, and debridements.
Assessment of medical support systems, including the Surgical Life-saving Module (SLM) and Joint Medical Surgical Center (JMSC).

Main Results:

Successfully evacuated 1017 individuals of 84 nationalities from Khartoum via road, sea, and air.
Mobilized special forces and established a permanent medical facility (JMSC) in Djibouti.
Conducted five surgical evaluations and four surgical procedures, including damage control surgery, with zero fatalities within 96 hours.

Conclusions:

Operation SAGITTAIRE highlighted the need for comprehensive, adaptable health support systems for Non-combatant Evacuation Operations.
The French Health Military Service demonstrated effective deployment of a damage control chain in a challenging environment.
Coordination, communication, logistical preparation, and training are critical for successful evacuation operations in civil conflicts.