Nurses, medics, medical technicians and other non-medical personnel provide valuable assistance to physicians and other medical officers in caring for patient soldiers at home as well as on deployment.
Although barrier nursing may be considered a niche discipline, it clearly demonstrates the necessity for civilian and military collaboration and the establishment of national and international networks. Despite the problems of dealing with highly contagious, life-threatening diseases for which there are often no causal therapies, the management of such conditions is feasible with a minimum of risk if hygiene guidelines are appropriately followed and isolation measures are systematically imposed.
