She worked five days a week, twelve hours a day in Ward 4, and spent her off-duty time taking care of the most critically injured American soldiers in the Surgical ICU. Nursing the Vietnamese in Ward 4 was often physically and emotionally challenging, yet Lane repeatedly declined transfers to another ward. She was originally assigned to the Intensive Care Unit, but a few days later was reassigned to the Vietnamese Ward. She worked in the ICU until 24 April 1969, when she reported to Travis Air Force Base, California, with orders sending her to Vietnam.ġLT Lane arrived at the 312th Evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai on 29 April. Her first assignment was with three tuberculosis wards, but after receiving a promotion to first lieutenant, she was placed in the Cardiac Division’s Intensive Care Unit and Recovery Room. She graduated on 14 June 1968, and just three days later reported for duty at the Army’s Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Training for 2LT Lane began on at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Army Nurse Corps Reserve on 18 April 1968. She made it through three quarters at the Canton Business College before deciding to join the U.S. She graduated on 25 April 1965 and worked at a local hospital for two years before trying her hand in the business world. She graduated from Canton South High School in June 1961 and decided to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse by attending the Aultman Hospital School of Nursing. Two years later the Lane family moved to Canton, where Sharon spent the remainder of her childhood.
Sharon Ann Lane was born 7 July 1943 in Zanesville, Ohio.
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Writing to them about the heat, the GIs in her care, and the movie she missed the night before, Lane assured her parents that things were “still very quiet around here…haven’t gotten mortared in a couple of weeks now.” Ironically, within days of writing her parents, she was killed in a rocket attack upon the hospital where she was stationed. In December 1971, after returning to Australia, 1 AFH relocated to Manunda Lines, Ingleburn NSW and the unit was re-designated as 1st Field Hospital where it operated as a closed hospital facility.Just four days before being mortally wounded by enemy fire while working in the 312th Evacuation Hospital in Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam, 1LT Sharon Ann Lane signed a letter to her parents in her characteristically upbeat manner, “See you sooner.” This book is a celebration of the dedication temerity and care of a unique group of Australians, thrown together to get on with the job of treating the injured and wounded, a consequence of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. It recounts stories from the wounded, reliving what happened to them when they became battle casualties and their subsequent treatment. It draws on the experiences of hospital personnel remembering their work and environment, on patients recalling their firsthand experiences, on helicopter pilots and medics describing the evacuation of casualties to the Vampire Pad at the hospital.
This success rate still stands today as a truly remarkable achievement! On the 7th November 1971, Australia's combat role in the Vietnam conflict ended when the 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment completed its withdrawal from Nui Dat.Call Sign Vampire provides a window into the frenetic world of a military hospital in a war zone. Medical services provided by the hospital were of such a high standard that the survival rate, for soldiers arriving at the hospital alive, was 99%. Units attached to the hospital were the 33rd Dental Unit, 1st Field Medical and Dental Stores, 1st Field Hygiene Company, Chaplains and Australian Red Cross representatives. It was also supported by a Q-store, an orderly room, messes and accommodation. The hospital comprised triage, operating theatres, pathology, pharmacy, X-ray, physiotherapy, psychiatry, outpatients, RAP, a six-bed intensive care ward and 50 bed medical and 50 bed surgical ward. Australians fought in the Vietnam War between 1962 - 1975. It honours them and the patients who passed through the hospital doors, into their care. This book is dedicated to the men and women who served with the 1st Australian Field Hospital (1 AFH) during the Vietnam War in Vung Tau, South Vietnam, from 1 April 1968 when the unit was raised, until it returned to Australia on 25 November 1971. Print Call Sign VAMPIRE - The Inside Story of an Australian Field Hospital During the Vietnam WarĪuthor(s): Rod Searle Denise Bell Paul Danaher (Editor) Gregory Anderson (Cover Design by, Editor, Designed by) 1st (Aust) Field Hospital Association Incorporated (Produced by)
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