Interview: Interview with Silvan Schibler, Product Manager for the HAMILTON-T1, a ventilator created especially for armed forces

A fully featured ventilator created especially for armed forces

In his new role as Product Manager at Hamilton Medical, Silvan Schibler can draw on some 18 years of experience in emergency medical services. For much of his career, Schibler has worked in ground-based civilian emergency services and also served as a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Technical Crew Member (HEMS) on the Alpine Air Ambulance’s rescue ... more

Advertorial: ZOLL Medical Corporation

ZOLL VENTILATION SOLUTIONS

Providing safety and precision for respiratory patients

To support your patients throughout the continuum of care, you depend on products that advance emergency care. ZOLL® technologies provide the support you need, with ventilation solutions that are suitable for all types of care providers to treat a wide range of respiratory calls. ... more

Report: Author: Brigadier General (ret.) Erwin Dhondt, MD, MSc, MHA, SFS (Former Director general Health & Well-being of the Belgian Defense Co-chairman DiMiMed)

Report of the 10th DiMiMED 2022

The 10th anniversary DiMiMed International Conference took place on the 14th and 15th November 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany. This International Conference on Disaster and Military Medicine has, since its inauguration, developed into a renowned and unique component of MEDICA, the world’s largest medical trade exhibition. The scientific meeting brought ... more

Press Release

Cooperation with IVF Hartmann: Speed Care Mineral GmbH expands tactical operations medicine portfolio

Through the production and distribution of special pressure bandages such as the HARTMANN TRAUMA BANDAGE, IVF HARTMANN is one of the few recognized Swiss experts in the application field of tactical emergency medicine. Speed Care Mineral GmbH is a German company with expertise in the field of hemostasis, especially in preclinical emergency care. Therefore, ... more

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

Press Release: Fortem International

Natural Disasters Expo returns to it’s new location

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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

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

Report

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

Overview: Journal

International Review of the Armed Forces Medical Services

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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

Interview

PODCAST / Worldwide Military-Medicine.com

Interview with Lt Gen (ret) Prof Martin Bricknell

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Report

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

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

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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