Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology

The Health Care of Women in Military Settings

January 1, 2000

To the Men and Women of Military Medicine:

The mission of Navy Medicine is to support the combat readiness of the Navy and Marine Corps, and the other uniformed services. We promote, protect and maintain the health of all those entrusted to our care, anytime, anywhere.

Fundamental to this support is the health care of women of the armed forces.

I am very pleased to introduce the 2nd Edition of Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology.  This series of manuals and training tools has evolved over the last 10 years, with contributions from many of the most knowledgeable, experienced clinicians and teachers in the field, from all the uniformed services.

The focus of Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology is the health care of women in deployed settings, at sea, in the field, and in the air. Those providing health care in those settings will find Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology most useful. But I encourage everyone involved in the health care of women to read and use this material. All of us will, at one time or another, act in deployed settings or provide care to those who do. This manual is essential, I believe,  to our understanding of the health care needs of women in military settings.

Vice Admiral Richard A. Nelson, MC, USN
Surgeon General
United States Navy

Contents -  Introduction -  Medical Support of Women in Field Environments -  The Prisoner of War Experience -  Routine Care -  Pap Smears -  Human Papilloma Virus -  Contraception -  Birth Control Pills -  Vulvar Disease -  Vaginal Discharge -  Abnormal Bleeding -  Menstrual Problems -  Abdominal Pain -  Urination Problems -  Menopause -  Breast Problems -  Sexual Assault -  Normal Pregnancy -  Abnormal Pregnancy -  Normal Labor and Delivery -  Problems During Labor and Delivery -  Care of the Newborn

This web version of Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology is provided by The Brookside Associates.  It contains original contents from the official US Navy NAVMEDPUB 6300-2C, but has been reformatted for web access and includes advertising and links that were not present in the original version. This web version has not been approved by the Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense. The presence of any advertising on these pages does not constitute an endorsement of that product or service by either the Department of Defense or the Brookside Associates. The Brookside Associates is a private organization, not affiliated with the United States Department of Defense. All material in this version is unclassified.

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