Medical Force Protection

• Food Sanitation

• Field Sanitation

• Poisonous Plants/Animals

• Malaria

• Toxic Chemicals

• Sports

• Smoking

• Alcohol

• Hot Environments

• Cold Environments

• Mountain Environments

• Biologic Warfare

• Chemical Warfare

• Radiologic Warfare

• Regional Recommendations

While treating military casualties is an important job for military health care providers, even more important is the preservation of the fighting forces. 

Throughout history, non-battle injury and illness have caused far more casualties and personnel losses than battle injuries and deaths. As recently as the Arabian Gulf War of 1991, non-battle losses accounted for more than three times the battle losses sustained by the allied forces.

Among the more effective ways to sap the fighting strength of an infantry company is to inflict it with diarrheal illness, caused by lax food or field sanitation procedures. Similarly, The extreme environments of heat, cold, and altitude can neutralize the combat efficiency of the poorly-prepared fighting force.

Military leaders rely on the operational medical team to help protect their forces by providing wise advice.

Food Sanitation

• Food Service Sanitation

• Food and Water in the Field

• Environmental Health in the Field  

Field Sanitation

• Personal Field Hygiene  

• Nutritional Guidance in the Field 

Poisonous Plants/Animals

• Poisonous Plants and Animals

• Bites and Stings

Malaria

• Malaria Prevention and Control 1998

Hot Environments

• Heat Emergencies  

• Heat Illness  

• Heat Stress

• 1st Aid for Heat Injuries

Toxic Chemicals

• 1st Aid in Toxic Environments  

Sports

• Sports

Smoking

• Tobacco Use

Alcohol

• Alcohol Abuse and Dependence

Regional Recommendations

• Former Republic of Yugoslavia

• Haiti

• Central Africa (Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania)

• Somalia

• Southwest Asia

Mountain Environments

• Mountain Operations  

• Altitude Sickness 

Cold Environments

• Cold Injuries  

• 1st Aid for Cold Injuries   

• Hypothermia  

• Immersion Injuries  

• Medical Aspects of Cold Weather  

• Sustaining Health and Performance in the Cold 

Biologic Warfare

• Medical Management of Biologic Casualties  

• Treatment of Biological Warfare Agent Casualties

Chemical Warfare

• Medical Management of Chemical Casualties  

Radiologic Warfare

• Medical Management of Radiological Casualties