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UK - ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS - The Context for Planning Military Health Services Support
This article is designed to provide a short summary for medical personnel with limited military experience to understand how the medical staff function works within a military headquarters. It places planning military health services support in the context of wider planning for military operations. It starts by examining the Contemporary Operating Environment and the role of military forces within it, then considers the generic military planning process and how the medical staff in a headquarters plan the medical support to military operations. The final element of the article is a discussion of the composition of the personnel required within a medical branch in a military headquarters.
Valuable donations by Siemens and Storz to NATO MILMED COE
“Your donation does not only mean great support to the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE), but it is a valuable contribution to military medicine as well” – highlighted Col. Dr. István Kopcsó, Director of MILMED COE, during the handover ceremony of the medical equipment donated by Siemens and Karl Storz Endoscope companies to the Centre on 28 March 2012.
2012 COMEDS Plenary Meeting – Preface for MCIF by the Chairman
Dear Reader
Health care offers a unique opportunity to cooperate with each other, often beyond political, military or other boundaries.
The universal needs of human kind and our shared responsibility, not only to do no harm, but also to help those in need, give even more responsibility to this unique opportunity.
Welcome address - COMEDS 2012
Dear friends,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the 37th COMEDS Conference that will be held on May 21–25, 2012 in Israel. On behalf of the IDF and the Medical Corps, I wish to express my gratitude for the special opportunity that we have been given to host this important event in the State of Israel.
Management of Blast Injuries in Mass Casualty Environments – A New Algorithm - 1st Place Ambroise Paré Award 2012 -
Bearing in mind that the impact of blast injuries and its resulting mortality corroborates with the weight of explosive, the importance of a simple but effective management of blast injuries, particularly in mass casualty situations, cannot be overemphasized. A new algorithm to help meet this challenge is presented.
Coming soon: new issue of CHALLENGE
The latest issue of CHALLENGE will be published in May 2012.
Health Surveillance NATO Conference 26-28 June 2012, Munich
Military Deployment Health Surveillance has gained significant importance throughout the last years. Real or near-real-time surveillance techniques enable military commanders to react on e.g. infectious diseases outbreaks and to manage them accordingly. On the NATO level the need for military deployment health surveillance expertise has led to the implementation of a Deployment Health Surveillance Capability (DHSC) in Munich, which is an integral part of the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE).
Ambroise Paré Award Ceremony 2011/2012
The awards ceremony of the Ambroise Paré Prize 2011 took place at the Combat Trauma Innovation Conference in London on 18 January 2012.
Development of a multinational Deployment Health Surveillance Capability (DHSC) for NATO
At the 2002 NATO Summit still under the impression of the terror attacks in the United States, decisive capability gaps were shown to exist within NATO. Among other issues, warnings were raised about the lack in capability for the near-real-time (NRT) detection of disease outbreaks and the determination of whether these outbreaks are to be attributed to the use of biological weaponry or to natural
causes.
Smallpox: Gone—But Should Not be Forgotten
Smallpox, a natural occurring disease eradicated from the face of the planet in 1979 was responsible for an estimated 250 million deaths in the 20th Century alone. A highly effective vaccination program organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminated this disease as a natural threat. Is there a threat remaining?
Mechanisms for Training Military Surgeons
For various reasons, training military surgeons will become a serious point of attention. By analyzing the different factors contributing to the requirement for such training, an internationally recognized curriculum should be organized. Such an analysis can also be important with respect to cost containment for such a course.
Recommendations for the Treatment of Severe Burn Injuries in the Field
Owing to the increasing incidence of severe burn injuries caused by enemy action in current operations of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), a recommendation on how to manage in an operational environment has been prepared for the Bundeswehr Advisory Group of Surgical Consultants.
Now available: New Almanac of Medical Corps Worldwide 2012
The latest issue of our Almanac of Medical Corps Worldwide 2012 is now available.
NATO Disease Surveillance Seminar
NATO places a high priority on pre venting the pro liferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and defending against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats. The Alliance will seek to enhance capabilities that are critical to a robust CBRN defence, such as bio-detection and disease surveillance.
Barrier Nursing – Management of Highly Contagious Diseases
Although barrier nursing may be considered a niche discipline, it clearly demonstrates the necessity for civilian and military collaboration and the establishment of national and international networks. Despite the problems of dealing with highly contagious, life-threatening diseases for which there are often no causal therapies, the management of such conditions is
feasible with a minimum of risk if hygiene guidelines are appropriately followed and isolation measures are systematically imposed.
The Medical Aspects of Casualty Transport – Now and in Future
A coordinated system of medically suitable field ambulances is an essential requirement if adequate care is to be provided to casualties through the successive levels of treatment, from
point of injury to repatriation. This subject was discussed with the industry during a series of informal talks held in May 2011, and is reviewed from various perspectives.
International Aeromedical Evacuation and En-Route Medical Care Conference at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
The first-ever, U.S.-led international in-flight medical care conference kicked off July 20 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord with a call to action from the top officer in Air Mobility Command.
Exercise „Vigorous Warrior 2011” – A Multinational Medical Approach Demonstration
Hungary proudly hosted the 35th COMEDS Plenary Meeting in Budapest on 06-10 June 2011; part of the program for the Surgeons General was a demonstration of field multinational medical cooperation through the deployment of five different nations’ medical assets and a comprehensive continuum of care scenario to Hungarian Central Training Base, Varpalota.
High Altitude Illness
The aims of this article are to outline the hysiology of high altitude, the treatment of altitude illness and to describe the opportunities for further education in mountain medicine. This article updates a previous J R Army Med Corps article [1] drawing upon recently published consensus guidelines to update the therapeutics of the altitude-related illnesses
One Team: Partnerships, Joint Medical Operations and Wounded Warrior Care
Excerpt from the welcoming address delivered by Brigadier General Keith W. Gallagher, United States Army, Command Surgeon, United States Army Pacific
Research at High Altitudes
Field studies in the mountains are challenging to design and undertake and need to balance practicalities (such as limited power supply) with scientific objectives. This article examines the history and rationale for high altitude research and discusses the challenges of organising a field study.
Special publication available
On the occasion of the COMEDS conference, which will take place in Hungary from 6th to 10th June, we have published - in cooperation with the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE), Budapest - a special publication of the MEDICAL CORPS INTERNATIONAL FORUM.
Special edition available
On the occasion of the 19th Nuclear Medical Defence Conference 2011 taking place in Munich (May 16th to 19th, 2011) organized by the Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the Universität of Ulm, together with the German society of Military Medicine and Pharmacy (GSMMP/DGWMP), the abstracts of the held lectures, which get an intensive topicality just by the events in Japan, are available as a special edition of the MEDICAL CORPS INTERNATIONAL FORUM – MCIF –
Obesity or muscle wasting disease? A patient's body composition data are essential for the diagnosis and treatment of weight-related disorders. Too much fat in the body is …
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