| The United States Army Medical Department Journal. January-March 2013 |
Jan 2013 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Patricia D Horoho; Philip Volpe; ARMY MEDICAL DEPT CENTER AND SCHOOL FORT SAM HOUSTON TX
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 | Veterinarians were first brought into US military service in 1776 by General George Washington to care for the horses of his Revolutionary Army. As the US military grew along with the expanding nation, veterinarians became even more important in caring for the numerous draft and cavalry horses and cattle required for armies to move and survive during campaigns. During the last half of the 19th century, veterinarians became increasingly in ... |
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| Management of Heat and Cold Stress - Guidance to NATO Medical Personnel |
Dec 2012 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Marissa G Spitz; John W Castellani; Beau J Freund; Michael N Sawka; ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA THERMAL AND MOUNTAIN MEDICINE DIVISION
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| NATO ground forces have operated in the extreme heat of Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Lebanon and numbing cold of Afghanistan and Bosnia. NATO forces often lack adequate doctrine/ training / equipment to avoid thermal illness / injury and to minimize debilitating effects on fighting capabilities. Thermal (heat & cold) illness/injuries are an important cause of non-battle illness / injury in deployed troops which can consume forward medical resources and gravely degrades ... |
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| Capturing the Range of Learning: Implications for Disaster Health in a Resource Constrained Future |
Dec 2012 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Brian A Altman; Kandra Strauss-Riggs; Kenneth W Schor; NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ROCKVILLE MD
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| Building and maintaining necessary disaster-related learning by health professionals, amidst an environment of resource constraint, is challenging. This article suggests the value of Coombs and Ahmed's three interrelated modes of education (formal, nonformal, and informal) in considering disaster health learning and linkages to performance. Implications of this conceptualization are: drawing on the full range of formal, nonformal, and informal modes, fostering learning outside of classes and training sessions, appropriately encouraging ... |
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| Agile Development of Advanced Prototypes |
Nov 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Scott Stevens; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA
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| The goal of the proposed work is to rapidly deliver a suite of high interest, high risk advance prototypes at an exceptionally low cost. Over the course of twenty-four months, we will to create up to ten cutting edge education and training applications. |
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| Assessment of Casualty Transport Equipment and Procedures Aboard U.S. Navy Submarines to Accommodate Anti-Shock Trousers |
24 Oct 2012 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Annely Richardson; Wayne G Horn; NAVAL SUBMARINE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB GROTON CT
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| Confined spaces necessitating non-ideal stretcher positioning and the potential for significant transportation times to definitive care combine to make casualty evacuation from a submarine much more onerous than in typical state-side scenarios. Anti-shock garments, while having fallen out of favor in the general community, may provide certain benefits in specific submarine medical evacuation scenarios, such as those involving hemorrhagic shock. A review of pertinent literature is presented as well as ... |
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| Reduction of Risk for Low Back Injury in Theater of Operations |
Oct 2012 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
William S Quillen; John Mayer; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA
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| Specific aim: The specific aim of this project is to assess the effectiveness of a high intensity progressive resistance exercise training program targeting the l umbar extensors to improve lumbar extensor muscular strength and endurance (the desired physiological responses) in US Army Soldiers. Hypothesis: A high intensity progressive resistance exercise for the lumbar extensors will result in a 25% increase in lumbar extensor muscular strength and endurance compared with control ... |
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| Effect of Heat on Wounded Warriors in Ground Combat Vehicles: Insights from the Army Medical Community, and the Simulation of a Novel Method for Soldier Thermal Control |
Aug 2012 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Nathan Tison; Robert E Smith; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| Ground combat vehicles can operate in regions characterized by various types and severities of injuries ? resulting from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), gunfire or heat illness ? as well as extreme climates such as desert environments. Because of the wounded warrior's compromised physical condition, their thermal surroundings within the vehicle is especially important. This paper presents insights gleaned from the Army medical community, as well as a simple study of ... |
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| Modernization of the Air Expeditionary Squadron AMAL 0960 |
25 Jul 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Martin Hill; James Zouris; Gerry Pang; Vern Wing; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) asked Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) to determine U.S. Navy?s Air Expeditionary Squadron (AES) Authorized Medical Allowance List (AMAL) 0960 adequacy to meet future needs. NHRC analysts collected data on patient presentations seen by AES medical personnel on 20 deployments. They then developed a patient condition occurrence frequency (PCOF) table for 336 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes and used the patient stream to ... |
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| The Role of the U.S. Army in Health System Reconstruction and Development During Counterinsurgency |
08 Jun 2012 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Tarpey; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Health system reconstruction and development in developing countries is difficult under the best of conditions. In counterinsurgency environments, it is even more complex and challenging. U.S. military and civilian organizations involved in Afghan and Iraqi health system reconstruction and development have been criticized for the lack of planning prior to the initiation of conflict, inadequate coordination among involved agencies, and poor strategic planning for comprehensive development. U.S. Army efforts, in ... |
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| National Security: DOD Should Reevaluate Requirements for the Selective Service System |
Jun 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; Margaret Best; Melissa Blanco; Greg Marchand; Charles Perdue; Meghan Perez; Bev Schladt; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study: The Selective Service System is an independent agency in the executive branch. Its responsibilities include maintaining a database that will enable it to provide manpower to DOD in a national emergency, managing a program for conscientious objectors to satisfy their obligations through a program of civilian service, and ensuring the capability to register and induct medical personnel if directed to do so. Section 597 of ... |
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| Continued Development of the AF/SGR Tricorder Program for Homeland Security, Military, Public Health, and Medical Operations |
15 May 2012 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Annette L Valenta; Greer W Stevenson; Andrew D Boyd; RICHARD PRESTON; ILLINOIS UNIV AT CHICAGO
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| The overall purpose of the Continued development of the AF/SGR Tricorder Program for Homeland Security, Military, Public health, and Medical Operation is to develop a remote sensing device capable of detecting directed energy (DE) threats to medical personnel, combat support personnel, and civilians. Capabilities will include wireless transmission of medically relevant threat information to military agencies and will be stored in databases for analysis and mitigation. |
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| Hospitalizations Among Members of the Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011 |
Apr 2012 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| This report documents the frequencies,rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalizations of active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces during calendar year 2011. Summaries are based on standardized records of hospitalizations at U.S. military and non-military (reimbursed care) medical facilities worldwide. For this report, primary (first-listed) discharge diagnoses are considered indicative of the primary reasons for hospitalizations;summaries are based on the fi rst three digits of ICD-9-CM codes used to ... |
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| Military Personnel: Prior GAO Work on DOD's Actions to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Assault in the Military |
30 Mar 2012 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; Randall B Williamson; Bonnie Anderson; David E Moser; Jennie F Apter; Helen Desaulniers; Ashley R Dixon; Erin Henderson; Natalie Herzog; Wesley A Johnson; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Following a series of high-profile sexual assault cases involving servicemembers, in 2004 Congress directed the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive policy for the Department of Defense (DoD) on the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving servicemembers. Among other things, the legislation required DoD to establish a standardized department-wide definition of sexual assault and procedures for confidentially reporting sexual assault incidents. DoD established the Sexual Assault Prevention ... |
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| Maintaining an Operational U.S. Army Reserve through Medical Readiness |
07 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Todd M Lazaroski; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Our nation is currently reflecting upon the last decade of commitment our forces have made in meeting operational requirements in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the past ten years, the USAR has not met medical readiness goals set by the DoD. This paper examines the current USAR medical readiness process and its ability to sustain an Operational Reserve. This analysis compares the performance of current processes against DoD requirements and the ... |
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| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Navy Medical Corps Accession Programs |
Mar 2012 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Juli Schmidt; Walter Colvin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This study estimates and compares the retention rates of the various recruitment programs for the Navy's Medical Corps officers. The study is designed to analyze whether current accession plans yield adequate retention rates to maintain the long-term viability of the Medical Corps. The data included 3,568 Medical Corps officers who accessed into the Navy between 1996 and 2006. For the purposes of this study, retention is defined as an officer ... |
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| 2010 Aerospace Medical Certification Statistical Handbook |
Feb 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Valerie Skaggs; Ann Norris; ROBERT JOHNSON; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST
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| Introduction. The annual Aerospace Medical Certification Statistical Handbook reports descriptive characteristics of all active U.S. civil aviation airmen and the aviation medical examiners (AMEs) that perform the required medical examinations. This information has not been published since 1998, so in response to recent need, we reinstated the annual report. The 2010 annual handbook documents the most recent and most widely relevant data on active civil aviation airmen and AMEs. Methods. ... |
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| Prevention of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among Military Health Care Workers: A Systematic Review |
Jan 2012 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher A Orsello; Christopher A Alfonzo; NAVAL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST PENSACOLA FL
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| Studies indicate that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not uncommon among medical personnel serving in the military and that its prevention remains a significant challenge. While extensive PTSD research findings exist that are generalizable to the military dedicated research specific to its at-risk population of medical workers is less common. The purpose of this review is to perform a systematic search for the most effective strategies in the prevention of ... |
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| Building Partner Health Capacity with U.S. Military Forces: Enhancing AFSOC Health Engagement Missions |
Jan 2012 |
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| Authors:
David E Thaler; Gary Cecchine; Anny Wong; Timothy Jackson; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| In 2009, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) unveiled a new concept for a systematic approach to building health capacity in partner countries of strategic importance to the United States. The central premise of the concept is that rather than using U.S. military medical presence in developing countries to directly treat indigenous communities and supplement or replace inadequate local care, U.S. advisors would engage and train local health ... |
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| Report on the Domestic Natural Disaster Health Workforce |
30 Nov 2011 |
204 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth Schor; Tim Moriarty; Laurie Chow; Cynthia Hovor; Kandra Strauss-Riggs; NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ROCKVILLE MD
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| The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (ncdmph.usuhs.edu) prepared this report to describe selected aspects of the health professions workforce who would respond to a catastrophic domestic natural disaster. The report analyzes core Federal departments supporting Emergency Support Function #8 (ESF#8), Public Health and Medical Services, of the National Response Framework; examines three key occupational sub-groups first at the National level then the State (California) and local level ... |
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| Risk and Resilience in Deployed Air Force Medical Personnel Study |
15 Sep 2011 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Alan L Peterson; Brett Litz; Richard McNally; William Isler; Monty Baker; James Mintz; Jon Hatch; TEXAS UNIV AT SAN ANTONIO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
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| Military medical personnel deployed to war zones are dually burdened with stressors related to providing healthcare and combat and operational experiences. To better understand how different types and levels of stress exposure relate to positive and negative mental health outcomes among military medical personnel, the associations between combat and healthcare stress exposure and posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined among 253 Air Force medical personnel recently redeployed ... |
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| Integration of Training Civilian and Military Disaster Responders |
Sep 2011 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Guerica Leonard H; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In the years since the September 11 attacks of 2001, and following the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the earthquake in Haiti, research has shown that first responders and medical institutions remain insufficiently prepared to address the increased demands for emergency response during and following major disasters. The threat from terrorism and natural disasters is very real; thus, the medical system will face continual challenges. A brutal recent reminder of this ... |
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| Regulation and Function of Cytokines that Predict Prostate Cancer Metastasis |
Aug 2011 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Neil Bhowmick; APPLIED SCIENCES INC CEDARVILLE OH
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| Even though prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related mortality in men in the United States, there is an ongoing concern that as a medical community we are over diagnosing, and hence over treating, the disease. Yet, patients at high-risk for metastatic progression are unfortunately treated too late. We hypothesized that tissue chemokines can be strong biomarker candidates for distinguishing patients with high risk for biochemical recurrence ... |
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| The Supply of Pharmaceuticals in Humanitarian Assistance Missions: Implications for Military Operations |
Aug 2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Maysaa Mahmood; Kevin Riley; David Bennett; Warner Anderson; NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ROCKVILLE MD
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| In this article, we provide an overview of key international guidelines governing the supply of pharmaceuticals during disasters and complex emergencies. We review the World Health Organization's guidelines on pharmaceutical supply chain management and highlight their relevance for military humanitarian assistance missions. Given the important role of pharmaceuticals in addressing population health needs during humanitarian emergencies, a good understanding of how pharmaceuticals are supplied at the local level in different ... |
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| Fragment Analysis Process for the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat Program |
Jul 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Karen Pizzolato; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Fragments from the threat and surrounding environment often become embedded in Service Members during an event intheater. Analyzing these fragments is crucial to the characterization and identification of threats. Fragment analysis is one part of the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat (JTAPIC) Program. JTAPIC is a partnership program that was established at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. JTAPIC fragments are removed during autopsy ... |
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| U.S. Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Operational Requirements of the EMEDS Specialty Care Augmentation Team |
28 Jun 2011 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Robert T Hunt; Curt C Hopkins; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has used its modeling and simulation capability to develop and update conventional U.S. Air Force medical assets since 2004. Air Force medical modeling capabilities currently capture care and treatment of the sick and injured from the first responder through theater hospitalization. The objective of this study was to leverage medical modeling and simulation advantages to provide recommendations for allowance standard configurations based on the ... |
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| Measures of Effective Military Public Health Interventions in Stability Operations |
10 JUN 2011 |
106 pages |
| Authors:
Jacob W. Aaronson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| There is broad consensus that attention to health sector needs plays an important role in addressing the causes of state fragility, whether to avoid conflict, during conflict, or post-conflict. Based on the premise that health-related interventions during stability operations are intended to improve those health sector issues that may affect state fragility, the evidence suggests that efforts to reduce child mortality rates are the most beneficial. While health outcome metrics ... |
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| U.S. Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Aeromedical Evacuation In-Flight Kit (FFQDM) |
04 May 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Curtis Hopkins; Ralph E Nix; Vern Wing; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The U.S. Air Force Medical Support Agency, Surgeon General Support Logistics Office requested that the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) conduct a proof-of-concept study to assess the validity and feasibility of using NHRC's medical modeling tool, the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program (EESP), for the development and management of Air Force medical Allowance Standards as a baseline for standardization throughout the services. The primary objective of this study was to provide ... |
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| Information Placement and Retrieval Through NHIN (InfoPRN) |
May 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Cunningham; PROLOGIC INC FAIRMONT WV
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| The Information Placement and Retrieval through the Nationwide Health Information Network (InfoPRN) is a medical logistics research project being developed through the United States Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The InfoPRN projects goal is to ensure emergency planners / managers have timely access to the data necessary to optimize treatment of U.S. military / civilian personnel in the event of a mass casualty event in the U.S. ... |
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| Department of Combat Medic Training-Technology Enhancement |
15 Apr 2011 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Pawan Singh; DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This final report delivers the CONOPS in compliance with the statement of work. Deloitte Consulting LLP, in support of Department of Combat Medic Training (DCMT), conducted research, designed and developed a technical solution to digitize and integrate forms-based testing and training documents into the 68W Training Program over a three year period. The CONOPS document enclosed in this report fulfills the requirements for submitting documentation outlined in the final statement ... |
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| Research to Develop Biomedical Applications of Free Electron Laser Technology |
31 MAR 2011 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Rox Anderson; Michael Hamblin; Tayyaba Hasan; Irene Kochevar; Charles Lin; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON WELLMAN LABS OF PHOTOMEDICINE
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| The overall goal is to solve substantial military medical problems by creating technologies that are useful to diagnose and care for soldiers, and by elucidating the mechanisms of organ trauma and diseases that particularly affect soldiers. To achieve this broad goal, we have undertaken projects focused on novel treatments of infectious diseases and physical trauma relevant to military personnel, technological improvements for trauma care, and new approaches to triage. Infectious ... |
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| Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS). Volume 4. EMEDS+25 |
28 Mar 2011 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Curtis Hopkins; Ralph E Nix; Vern Wing; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has used its modeling and simulation expertise to develop and update conventional U.S. Air Force medical assets since 2004. The objective of this study was to leverage medical modeling and simulation advantages to provide recommendations for allowance standard (AS) configurations based on the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support +25 (EMEDS+25) operational and clinical requirements. NHRC analysts reviewed the EMEDS+25 Unit Type Codes (UTCs), ... |
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| Resilience and Combat Medics |
21 MAR 2011 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Alan Maiers; Paul Mayer; Monty Baker; Sandie Escolas; Paula Chapman; ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (ARMY) FORT SAM HOUSTON TX
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| Robotic Remote-Presence Readiness Training |
25 Jan 2011 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Tom Langston; AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH AIR BASE WING (88TH)/MEDICAL GROUP (88TH)
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| Acupuncture and NATO |
Jan 2011 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Jean-Louis Belard; Arnyce R Pock; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD
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| This article provides an introduction to some of the medical components associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and describes an opportunity by which acupuncture could be utilized as part of the initial military medical response to a cataclysmic disaster. The article begins by providing a brief introduction to some of the military medical activities associated with NATO. The authors then describe an opportunity by which two particular acupuncture ... |
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| The Use of Acupuncture in the U.S. Military: Challenges and Opportunities |
Jan 2011 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Wayne B Jonas; Richard C Niemtzow; Joseph M Helms; Jr Petri Richard P; Robert L Koffman; Joan A Walter; Stephen M Burns; AIR FORCE MEDICAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON (779TH) JOINT BASE ANDREWS MD AIR FORCE ACUPUNCTURE CENTER
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| Medical Acupuncture was privileged to host a roundtable discussion among military leaders and acupuncture specialists late last summer. Moderated by Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, the discussion focuses on exciting new military uses of acupuncture, including wounded troop evacuation and traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment for wounded warriors. The discussion highlights how different specialists come together, using acupuncture, and touches on the possible mechanism of action of this technique. |
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| Using Technology, Clinical Workflow Redesign, and Team Solutions to Achieve the Patient Centered Medical Home |
Jan 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Nicole Kerkenbush; ARMY MEDICAL DEPT WASHINGTON DC
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| Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps: DoD/HHS Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Status Report |
Jan 2011 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Hans V Ritschard; TRICARE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY FALLS CHURCH VA
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| Hospital Corpsman University: From the Classroom to the Bedside |
Jan 2011 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Holmes; NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE FL
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| The mission of the Hospital Corpsman University at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville is to develop and train Corpsmen in preparation for assignment to our hospital, branch health clinics, operational units and tactical environments within 90 days of assignment to our facility. In conjunction with mission specific, just-intime- training, the HMU graduate is employable and deployable across the full range of military and clinical operations. |
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| Small Patient Condition Stream Generator (SPCSG): Version 2.0 |
22 Dec 2010 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Wesley Sherman; Gerry Pang; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Small Patient Condition Stream Generator (SPCSG), developed by Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), allows NHRC personnel to make appropriate supply and supply quantity recommendations for Authorized Medical Allowance Lists. A tool was needed that would accept a small number of patients and still produce a valid estimate list of patient conditions and their associated probabilities. As a result, the SPCSG was developed, and its output has enabled further analysis ... |
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| The Use of Fresh Whole Blood Transfusions by the SOF Medic for Hemostatic Resuscitation in the Austere Environment |
24 NOV 2010 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
F. Bowling; Andre Pennardt; SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE) (77TH) FORT CARSON CO
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| The leading cause of death on the battlefield is uncontrolled hemorrhage. Non-compressible (truncal) hemorrhage is the cause over two thirds of these deaths. This makes truncal hemorrhage the leading cause of potentially survivable death on the battlefield. Over one third of the casualties who arrive at the emergency department (ED) or combat surgical hospital (CSH) in need of a blood transfusion are already suffering from acute traumatic coagulopathy which is ... |
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| Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Medical Neurosurgical Team (FFNEU) |
18 Nov 2010 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Ralph Nix; Curtis Hopkins; Vern Wing; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has used its modeling and simulation expertise to develop and update conventional U.S. Air Force medical assets since 2004. The objective of this study was to leverage medical modeling and simulation advantages to provide recommendations for allowance standard configurations based on the Air Force Medical Neurosurgical Team (FFNEU) operational and clinical requirements. NHRC analysts reviewed the FFNEU, analyzed clinical requirements with subject matter experts, ... |
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| Modeling and Simulation in Healthcare Future Directions |
13 Jul 2010 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Richard M Satava; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF SURGERY
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| These briefing charts discuss modeling and simulation in healthcare. |
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| Fabrication and Testing of a Blast Concussion Burst Sensor |
JUN 2010 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
John A. Judge; Scott A. Mathews; CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA WASHINGTON DC
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| This project entails the design of passive, wearable sensors that provide an immediate and clear indication of the severity of exposure to explosive blasts, allowing soldiers with potential brain or other injuries to seek medical attention, and providing basic information about the blast to medical personnel. It focuses on development of burst membrane sensors, where the high pressure from an incident explosive shock wave ruptures a membrane sealing a reservoir ... |
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| General Recommendations on Fatigue Risk Management for the Canadian Forces |
Apr 2010 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Bob Cheung; Oshin Vartanian; Kevin Hofer; Fethi Bouak; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| A recent Advisory Publication (ADV PUB Number ASMG 6000, 7 Jan 2010) on Fatigue Countermeasures in Sustained and Continuous Operations recommended that all Air and Space Interoperability Council (ASIC) nations should have national policies regarding fatigue management. Currently, there is no existing doctrine and training program for fatigue risk management available in the Canadian forces (CF). The focus of this document is on the management of sleep hygiene and circadian ... |
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| Evaluation of DoD Sexual Assault Response in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom Areas of Operation |
01 FEB 2010 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| We initiated this review in response to questions from Members of Congress concerning Department of Defense (DoD) sexual assault policies for contractor personnel in combat areas. Our review sought to determine whether DoD policies and practices ensure sexual assault complaints involving contractors in the Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom areas of operation were properly received, processed, and referred for investigation. A. Do DoD policies and procedures address receiving, processing, ... |
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| Health Care Workers and Researchers Traveling to Developing-World Clinical Settings: Disease Transmission Risk and Mitigation |
Jan 2010 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Mark G Kortepeter; Barbara J Seaworth; Sybil A Tasker; Timothy H Burgess; Rodney L Coldren; Naomi E Aronson; James M Hughes; Mary E Wilson; NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| With the recent emphasis on funding and training opportunities for global health and humanitarian aid and the increased interest in the field, many health care workers and medical researchers are traveling from resource-replete to resource-limited settings. This type of travel brings unique disease risks not routinely considered for the business or vacationing traveler. This review provides practical advice for this special population of travelers, targeted to specific health care-related risks ... |
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| Journal of Special Operation Medicine: A Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals. Training Supplement, Winter 10 |
2010 |
185 pages |
| Authors:
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MACDILL AFB FL
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| Management of medical emergencies is best accomplished by appropriately trained physicians in an Emergency Department setting. Special Operations Combat Medics (SOCMs), however, may often find themselves in austere tactical environments where evacuation of a teammate to an MTF for a medical emergency would entail either significant delays to treatment or compromise the unit's mission. Although SOCM trained medics are not routinely authorized by the services to treat non-traumatic emergencies, in ... |
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| Personal Protective Measures Against Insects and Other Arthropods of Military Significance |
Oct-2009 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES PEST MANAGEMENT BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Technical Guide (TG) provides preventive medicine (PVNTMED) information and guidance to Department of Defense (DoD) personnel who may come into contact with nuisance or disease-carrying arthropods (disease vectors), or who are responsible for protecting the health of personnel. It describes the DoD Insect Repellent System and other techniques that provide maximum, safe protection from arthropod attack. These techniques include the use of protective clothing and equipment, repellents, pesticides, and ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 16, Number 9, September 2009 |
Sep-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| ARTICLES: Cold weather-related injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2004 - June 2009. Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza immunizations among health care workers. Preliminary report: Outbreak of novel H1N1 influenza aboard USS Boxer, 29 June - 31 July 2009. Mental disorders after deployment to OEF/OIF in relation to predeployment mental health and during deployment combat experiences, active components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2006 - December 2007. SUMMARY TABLES AND FIGURES: Acute respiratory disease, ... |
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| Defense Manpower Requirements Report, Fiscal Year 2009 |
Aug-2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| This report explains the Department of Defense (DoD) manpower requirements incorporated in the President's Budget for FY09. The report is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 contains an overview of the total number of Defense-wide personnel both military and civilian. It provides a clear and succinct picture of manpower in the Department and provides the basis for the rest of this report. Chapter 2 shows the estimated manpower requirements by ... |
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