End of a Period: The Last Flag Officer Medical Advisor in Kabul
From October 2013 until June 2014, Brigadier General Dr. Bernd Mattiesen, German Medical Service was the last Medical Advisor at HQ ISAF in Kabul in the rank of a flag officer. His tour of duty was...
View ArticlePotential of Field Multipurpose Hospital (FMH) in Emergency Medical Care for...
A twenty-year experience of the emergency medical response of FMH of All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine “Zaschita” is analyzed. Technical and specialized potential of the hospital is presented,...
View ArticlePotential Role of University Medical Schools in Civil-Military Cooperation...
MCIF 2/2015 The University of Pécs Medical School in Hungary developed the cooperation between military and civilian medicine as an ongoing issue. The Medical University provided much-needed...
View ArticleUreteral Trauma: Overview and Case Report
MCIF 2/2015 Ureteral trauma is a rare event in urotraumatology and only found in 1 % of all blunt and in 4 % of all penetrating trauma. Most cases are of iatrogenic origin. Looking at battlefield...
View ArticleBalkan Medical Task Force
MCIF 2/2015 The aim of the Balkan Medical Task Force (BMTF) is enhancing utilization of existing military medical capabilities in the West-Balkan region into the framework of a Multinational Medical...
View ArticleMASS CASUALTY AERO-MEDICAL EVACUATION – From the Nigerian Building Collapse...
The article discusses the use of military aircraft for a mass casualty aero-medical evacuation of civilian casualties over a long distance. Structured approaches of a pre-determined team with...
View ArticleQuality Increase of Emergency Health Care to the Injured – the Top Priority...
The Fundamental Healthcare Principles and the National Program of Health Development in the Russian Federation define that the priority task of the Russian public health services is to increase the...
View ArticleManagement of Genital Injuries – from Trauma to Reconstruction
Penile and scrotal trauma are rarely life-threatening injuries, however very often associated with a loss of erectile respectively micturition function and/or fertility. In the initial phase of...
View ArticleDermatological Presentations in Military Conscripts
MCIF 4/2015 Current published studies in Military Dermatology are limited mainly to cross-sectional studies from data collated during clinical encounters in war campaigns and military training units....
View ArticleAn Attraction and Retention Framework for the Canadian Forces Health Services...
MCIF 4/2015 This article reflects on the Canadian Forces Health Services Group initiative on attraction and retention of military medical health care personnel. The ability to attract high quality...
View ArticleChanges of Personal Values in Deployed German Armed Forces Soldiers with...
Abstract Deployed German Armed Forces soldiers are exposed to various traumatic events but also to situations which affect their value orientations or give rise to moral injuries. Ten focus groups were...
View ArticleFrom Hero to Pro – Change in attitude towards mental illness in deployed...
Summary Background: German Armed Forces personnel show a high rate of combat and deployment related psychiatric disorders, first among them posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD). To address this,...
View ArticleALLERGIC RHINITIS IN APPLICANTS FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis in Hungary in the Population Applying for Military Service Scientific surveys have shown an increase in the incidence of allergic rhinitis in recent decades. This...
View ArticlePrimary perivascular epitheloid cell tumour (PEComa) of the lung
Summary A 25-year-old man presented at our interdisciplinary emergency department with left-sided thoracic pain after physical exercise. Patient history initially suggested pneumothorax. Based on...
View ArticleTactical Medicine: The Required Medical Service in the Modern Army
Tactical medicine is the umbrella term for emergency medicine in tactical situations under increased threat, in other words: “Good medicine in bad places.” The experiences of recent military conflicts...
View Article45th COMEDS Plenary, Dublin, Ireland
MCIF 2/16 The Defence Forces Ireland Medical Corps was honoured to host the 45th COMEDS Plenary meeting in Dublin Castle from the 13th to 17th of June 2016. This was the first occasion on which a...
View ArticlePortuguese Armed Forces Hospital – Dental Service The Influence of Type 2...
The epidemiological association between PD and DM results from a direct causal relationship in which the complications of DM act as modifiers of the expression of PD and vice versa. The aim of this...
View ArticleIndonesia Medical Assistance to the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste – A...
On July 9, 2015, the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Ministry of Defense) wrote a letter of invitation to the Medical Team of the Central Army Hospital Gatot Soebroto, Jakarta asking for medical...
View ArticleManagement of Genital Injuries – from Trauma to Reconstruction
Penile and scrotal trauma are rarely life-threatening injuries, however very often associated with a loss of erectile respectively micturition function and/or fertility. In the initial phase of...
View ArticleUse of Extracorporeal Lung Support Systems for the Treatment of Severe Gas...
To put it simply, among the elements of the respiratory system pulmonary and extrapulmonary portions can be differentiated. Disorders of either portion as well as combination of disorders of both can...
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