Article Aug 4, 2022 Mpox Declared Public Health Emergency: What Airmen and Guardians Need to Know The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency on July 23. With more than 4,000 cases in the United States, Airmen and Guardians should know the risks and how to stay safe. Recommended Content Public Health
Article Aug 4, 2022 Corpsman Care during Atlantic Ocean ops on MSC ship There’s a reason why U.S. Navy independent duty corpsmen are found assigned on isolated platforms from the wide expanse of the Indo-Pacific Theater to the far reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Global Health Engagement
Article Aug 2, 2022 Wellness Fair Showcases Ample Resources at Naval Hospital Bremerton Naval Hospital Bremerton hosted a holistic Wellness Fair in late July 2022. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Performance Nutrition: Fuel Your Body and Mind Total Body Preventive Health - Dental, Medical & Mental Nutritional Fitness Health Readiness Support
Report Aug 1, 2022 MSMR Vol. 29 No. 08 - August 2022 .PDF | 822.83 KB A monthly publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division. This issue of the peer-reviewed journal contains the following articles: Surveillance trends for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens among U.S. Military Health System Beneficiaries, Sept. 27, 2020 – Oct. 2,2021; Establishment of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance within the ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug 1, 2022 Prevalence and Distribution of Refractive Errors Among Members of the U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. Coast Guard, 2019. During calendar year 2019, the estimated prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism were 17.5%, 2.1%, and 11.2% in the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces and 10.1%, 1.2%, and 6.1% of the U.S. Coast Guard, respectively. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug 1, 2022 Brief Report: Pain and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screening Outcomes Among Military Personnel Injured During Combat Deployment. The post-9/11 U.S. military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan lasted over a decade and yielded the most combat casualties since the Vietnam War. While patient survivability increased to the highest level in history, a changing epidemiology of combat injuries emerged whereby focus shifted to addressing an array of long-term sequelae, including ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug 1, 2022 Musculoskeletal Injuries During U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Training Assessment and Selection, Fiscal Years 2019–2021. Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries are costly and the leading cause of medical visits and disability in the U.S. military.1,2 Within training environments, MSK injuries may lead to a loss of training, deferment to a future class, or voluntary disenrollment from a training pipeline, all of which are impediments to maintaining full levels of manpower and ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Jul 28, 2022 Soldiers Not Immune to Damage of Sun's Rays Some soldiers have a greater risk for developing skin cancer than others. For July’s UV Safety Awareness month, soldiers should be aware of their risks and how to reduce their chances of skin cancer. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Medical and Dental Preventive Care Fitness Summer Safety
Article Jul 25, 2022 Teddy Roosevelt, Navy Medicine, and the Birth of Physical Readiness Today’s U.S. Navy espouses a “culture of fitness,” and “physical readiness,” but this was not always the case. In the early 1900s, many including the president himself, Theodore Roosevelt, were appalled by the lack of physical conditioning in the Navy. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Physical Fitness
Article Jul 20, 2022 DHA Program Supports Training Education of Future Medical Providers The Clinical Investigations Program combines research and training to teach and develop the future clinicians of the Military Health System. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Education & Training Health Care Technology Clinical Investigations Program Branch
Article Jul 20, 2022 Family Care Plan Sustains Unit Readiness A Family Care Plan (FCP) is a method by which the Army ensures a Soldier’s Family is taken care of when the Soldier is absent due to military requirements. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support
Article Jul 19, 2022 Power Plate: Eat to Fuel Your Performance Food is our secret weapon. When planned and executed well food can supply everything our bodies need to thrive, whether we’re running a marathon or taking a rest day. Recommended Content Performance Nutrition: Fuel Your Body and Mind Health Readiness & Combat Support Nutritional Fitness
Article Jul 18, 2022 The Need for Speed Requires Intense Training Tom Cruise has nothing on real military pilots and their training. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Education & Training Physical Fitness
Article Jul 18, 2022 Medical Airmen Crew Ambulance, Keep Mission Ready Airmen with the 75th Medical Group here are staying mission ready by crewing Hill AFB’s ambulance service alongside firefighters from the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Civil Military Medicine
Article Jul 14, 2022 Fort Hunter Liggett First in Army to Receive Prehospital Whole Blood Transfusion Capability Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett’s remoteness, and the robust efforts of Fire Captain Devon Haggie allowed the installation to be the first in the Army and Department of Defense to receive the life-saving capability to transfuse whole blood by its Emergency Medical Service (EMS). Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support French Freeze-Dried Plasma Use in the DOD