Military-Medicine Journal
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Military-Medicine Journal

The Military-Medicine Journal is an international source of thought and debate on the topic of ‘military medical services in support of national security objectives’. The Journal publishes research papers, literature reviews, academic analyses and opinion pieces. This Journal complements more academic publications on bio-medical sciences as ... more

Medical Cooperation and Coordination in Europe
Report: Thierry Lanteri

Medical Cooperation and Coordination in Europe

On 11 December 2017, the Council of the European Union decided to establish Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in the area of security and defence policy. A total of 25 EU member states participated in this initiative, which offers a legal framework to jointly plan, develop and invest in shared capability projects and to enhance the operational ... more

Medical procurement solutions for NATO Allies  and Partners
Report: Elodie Winizuk, Robert Balazs

Medical procurement solutions for NATO Allies and Partners

Resilience and a rapid response are key to counter crises timely and efficiently in any military operation. The COVID-19 pandemic or the current conflict in Ukraine have demonstrated that crises are becoming increasingly complex and they become rapidly global.
Fighting the pandemic was a key priority of each NATO Ally and Partner over the last two ... more

Review of the Paris Special Operations Forces – Combat Medical Care Conference, Fall 2022.
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Review of the Paris Special Operations Forces – Combat Medical Care Conference, Fall 2022.

Disclaimers:
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the French and/or German military medical service.

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Paris Special Operation Forces Combat Medical Care Conference
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Paris Special Operation Forces Combat Medical Care Conference

Two days of an exciting event are over…

The „Paris Special Operation Forces Combat Medical Care Conference“ took place for the first time in a historic venue
in the heart of Paris from 20.-21. October 2022. The location Val-de-Grâce is a military educational institution that coordinates all medical and paramedical trainings of the ... more

Committed to Innovation - Dedicated to Improving Patients' Lives
Video: MediWound Germany GmbH

Committed to Innovation - Dedicated to Improving Patients' Lives

MediWound is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, cost effective, biotherapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration.

NexoBrid®, our commercial orphan biological product for eschar removal of severe thermal burns, is a bromelain-based biological product containing a sterile mixture of proteolytic enzymes that selectively removes burn eschar within four hours and does not harm surrounding viable tissue. ... more

Application of two test kits for microbiological water monitoring under harsh conditions – a pilot study
Article: Fabian Taube, Folke Cerenius, Karl Kristian Faksvåg, Hillary Limo, Amir Khorram-Manesh

Application of two test kits for microbiological water monitoring under harsh conditions – a pilot study

Background: Emergencies confront civilian and military healthcare providers with medical and hygienic challenges due to the lack of potable water. This pilot study aimed to describe the application of two different methods for microbiological monitoring of water in a harsh environment in terms of performance, ease of use, availability, and the possibility ... more

PODCAST / Worldwide Military-Medicine.com
Interview

PODCAST / Worldwide Military-Medicine.com

Interview with Lt Gen (ret) Prof Martin Bricknell

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Coronavirus pandemic: Oxygen for India
Article: Claas Gärtner

Coronavirus pandemic: Oxygen for India

In early May, almost 45 °C prevail on the almost 15x25 m light grey concrete slab on the premises of the Sadar Vallabhbhai Patel Covid Hospital in New Delhi, an improvised military hospital consisting of tents. In a green 20-feet container with Red Cross emblem and air vent screens high-pressure compressors are softly humming while only a few metres away, ... more

Biological Defence CentreTěchonín, Czech Republic
Article: Larisa Solichova

Biological Defence CentreTěchonín, Czech Republic

The Biological Defence Centre Těchonín, a modern biodefence system of the Army of the Czech Republic has been built since 2001 on the principles given by the Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic No. 1039 of 10 October 2001 on the „Basic system of protection of the citizens of the Czech Republic against high-risk biological agents and ... more

OUR MISSION SUPPORTS YOUR MISSION
Advertorial: ZOLL Medical Corporation

OUR MISSION SUPPORTS YOUR MISSION

For more than 25 years, ZOLL® has been a trusted partner in delivering acute critical care technologies to the military. We understand the challenges that your missions bring. That’s why, as a leading global medical device company, we are dedicated to supporting military medical providers and protecting our soldiers. We don’t take the term ... more

DiMiMed 2022 - Disaster Medicine Panel:
Abstracts: John Quinn

DiMiMed 2022 - Disaster Medicine Panel:

"COVID-19: 'The Sequel' - Implications for the future delivery of Disaster and Military Medicine"

Introduction
As we prepare for the upcoming DiMiMed conference this Autumn 2022, we must take stock of where we have been and where we are going – battlefield medicine has accelerated at a dizzying pace over the past 12 months. Both the current COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia using conventional forces and weapons systems show ... more

The Ecoles Militaires de Santé de Lyon Bron (EMSLB)
Article: Thomas Colleony, Luc Mc Aigle, Edward Jezeque

The Ecoles Militaires de Santé de Lyon Bron (EMSLB)

Cradle of the medical and paramedical personnel serving in the French Defence Health Service

Introduction

It is with great pleasure that we respond to the invitation from the EMMJ to present the French Military Medical School – l’ Ecole de Santé des Armées (ESA). Together with the medical university of Lyon 1, ESA provides medical training for all the French military physicians and pharmacists during the two first cycles of ... more

Biohacking our Best: Lifestyle & Performance Medicine for the Aviator
Article: Major Regan A. Stiegmann and Lieutenant Colonel Chelsea B. Payne

Biohacking our Best: Lifestyle & Performance Medicine for the Aviator

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”
– F.M. Alexander, Author

Disclosure:

The views expressed in this article are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the United States Government. No author declares any competing interests. ... more

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC FOR FUTURE MILITARY MEDICAL SUPPORT
Article: Lieutenant General (Rtd) Professor Martin Bricknell CB PhD

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC FOR FUTURE MILITARY MEDICAL SUPPORT

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Difference Between Cigarette Smoke and Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) Aerosol
Advertorial: G. Plebani

Difference Between Cigarette Smoke and Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) Aerosol

Smoke contains solid particles and liquid droplets therefore it is an aerosol. However, it is a complex mixture that contains a large number of carbon-based solid particles and thousands of chemicals and formed during combustion. ... more

American–German partnership on a regimental level
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American–German partnership on a regimental level

2011–2021, a review of ten years

Introduction

Why writing an article about an American – German military medical partnership in a magazine that is focusing more on the European engagements in this topic? The answer is easy, because the United States (US) Forces are already in Germany, for example with the LANDSTUHL Regional Medical Center (LMRC). This can´t be moved and ... more

Future Issues in Military Medicine and the military-medicine.com Journal
Overview: From the Editorial Board

Future Issues in Military Medicine and the military-medicine.com Journal

Introduction

If you are reading this, you will know that we have refreshed the military-medicine.com website and re-energised the ‘Journal’ component. We hope to recreate the contribution made by the physical journal ‘Military Medical Corps International Forum’ to the professional debate in military medicine by focussing on the role and ... more

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Brigadier General Zoltán Bubenik
Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Brigadier General Zoltán Bubenik

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 20/01/2022

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Brigadier Zoltán Bubenik, past Chairman of COMEDS and Czech Surgeon General ... more

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Major General Timothy Hodgetts
Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Major General Timothy Hodgetts

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 06/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Major General Timothy Hodgetts, Chairman Designate of COMEDS and UK Surgeon General
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The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier Stefan Kowitz
Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier Stefan Kowitz

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 22/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviwee: Brigadier Stefan Kowitz, Director, NATO Multi-National Coordination Centre/European Union Medical Command

This interview complements the articles written by BG Kowitz ‘On track towards FOC’, which ... more

Covid-19 and the Navies: An unexpected passenger
Article: Benjamin Queyriaux

Covid-19 and the Navies: An unexpected passenger

Since the Cold War all big Navy vessels have been protected against CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) threat. They can hermetically seal themselves against the outside world and create an internal overpressure that will prevent penetration by any toxicant that might contaminate the crew. Military health services have long known that the ... more

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Colonel Sohrab Dalal
Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Colonel Sohrab Dalal

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 31/08/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Colonel Sohrab Dalal, Branch Head (Medical), NATO Allied Command Transformation ... more

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier General Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges
Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier General Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 22/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Brigadier General Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges, Director NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine

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