Cong Hoa Hospital, Burn Ward, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 34987 / Local Identifier 111-LC-58248 Cong Hoa Hospital, Burn Ward, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). The first part of this roll depicts burned patient, Nguyen-Van-Ut, to show his granulating burn wounds which are ready for grafting (arm, hand, legs). Nguyen-Van-Ut received his burns 9 March 1971 by phosphorous. The second burn patient on this roll, Nguyen-V-Trieu, is depicted to show his arm and deformity of hand caused by his granulating burn wounds, which are ready for skin grafting. Nguyen-V-Trieu received his wounds by a B-40 round on 18 May 1971. The third patient, Va-Van-Khief, an 11 year old boy, who received his burns by Kerosene on 2 May 1971, is depicted to show the prior grafting to his burned face, mid-section and legs before second-stage grafting. The above scene was photographed 7 May 1971. Various MSs, CUs, and ECUs of preparation of the donor site (area where the healthy skin will be taken from). This consists of shaving, washing and rinsing it with saline sol