Just as technology has helped improve complex military operations, it has also made military medicine more efficient. Through the use of telephones and computers, trained professionals have been able to supplement patient care.
The American College of Surgeons has verified Landstuhl Regional Medical Center as a Level II Trauma Center, making it the only medical facility outside the United States to hold that distinction and only one of three Level II trauma centers in the DoD.
Recognizing the importance of service men and women’s vision, the services conduct surgical procedures to reduce the dependence of its airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines on spectacles and contact lenses.
The military is looking for ways to streamline and improve health care across the continuum. Cooperative efforts are paving the way. MMT takes a preliminary look at what the Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care is finding.
The Force Health Protection conference is the largest conference devoted to disease and injury prevention in the DoD. It drew a record-breaking 2,100 public health and health care professionals.
There are a number of companies making shelters ranging from one-man units to large interconnected systems. MMT takes a look at what some of those companies see as the next stops in shelter technology.
In terms of our discussion, shelters usually refer to an enclosure covered in a fabric material—ballistic protection has never been big in the equation. That is beginning to change.
When the threat turns to reality and warfighters, civilians or a combination may be faced with a chemical or biological environment. Securing and decontaminating those people will take a mobile washing complex that can handle significant volume and do it efficiently.
Director of Future Acquisition
JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense
On the heels of the JPEO advanced planning briefing to industry, this interview looks at the direction of many of their programs and efforts.
