| Operational or military medicine is based on the standard
principles of medicine, as practiced in the best of the world's medical centers. But in
many operational settings, those principles may be applied in ways different from
traditional civilian settings. While there are many reasons
for this difference, three important ones are:
- Isolation
- Limited Resources
- Operational circumstances may influence the provision of medical care.
This manual is designed to provide physicians, nurses, corpsmen and
other health care providers with guidance on safe and effective medical care in such
settings.
Home: The front page of Operational Medicine.
This is where you are now.
Military Medicine:
Military-specific topics.
Sick Call: Advice on managing
a military sick call. Diagnosis and treatment of more than 100 common complaints
are provided.
Basic Exams: Text, pictures and
videos and sounds demonstrating basic medical examination techniques.
Medical Procedures:
Text, pictures and videos and sounds showing how to perform many basic medical
procedures..
Lab and X-ray: Descriptions of commonly-used laboratory tests and x-rays found in operational settings. Both normals and
abnormals are provided
The Pharmacy: Descriptions of
350 medications used in this manual, including a general description, Indications,
Contraindications, Precautions, Usual Dosage, Other Information, and Pregnancy Category.
The Library: A collection of over
50
military health care books and manuals which may prove useful to you in operational
settings.
Equipment: Description
and use of medical equipment commonly employed in military settings.
Patient Transport:
The things you should know about MEDEVAC, CASEVAC, and patient movement in general. The
unique features of the commonly-used patient transportation methods (helicopters,
ambulances, ships, aircraft).
Medical Force
Protection: Operations in the extremes of heat, cold, and altitude. Food sanitation
and field hygiene.
Operational Safety: The
things you should know about living and moving safely in a battlefield or shipboard
environment.
Operational
Settings: The unique aspects of military health care in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
Special
Operations: Medical activities among the Special Operations Forces have some unique
challenges.
Humanitarian
Missions: The use of military medical resources in support of
humanitarian missions.
Instructions/Orders: Publications from different services providing
guidance in military medicine issues
Other
Agencies: Military health care providers will sometimes interact with medical
providers from other governmental agencies, and from non-governmental agencies.
Video Gallery: A collection of
30 video clips included on this CD.
Phone Consultation: A
list of telephone numbers for American military medical treatment
facilities, throughout the world.
Forms: Standard medical forms commonly
used in the Department of Defense.
Web Links: If you are connected to the
internet, these links will connect you with a variety of medical and military resources.
Acknowledgements: Those who have made
this CD possible.
Help: How to use this CD.
Feedback: Contact us
with your comments and suggestions for improvements.
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