Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex)
March 2021
The Installation Management Command (IMCOM) delivers quality base support from the strategic support area, enabling readiness for a globally responsive Army. IMCOM has more than 75 installations, covering more than 13 million acres, in 17 time zones, 12 countries and 58 services. In early March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required IMCOM to shift focus in ensuring health protection measures were implemented early and quickly, which relied on medical expertise.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prehospital care of combat casualties is a critical phase of emergency medical practice on the battlefield. The Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) was developed to standardize a system of data collection for combat casualty care; however, the degree of population and granularity of prehospital data were unknown.
Methods: This is a retrospective comparative study of all US military personnel who sustained battle injuries in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
Stress fractures are caused by repetitive low-impact activities. It is important to have a high index of suspicion in diagnosing and treating stress fractures early for remodeling to occur. This is a case report of a 19-year-old female military recruit with stress fractures of the right foot.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnomalous muscles of the ankle are common. Although they are often asymptomatic, they can sometimes cause tarsal tunnel syndrome. We report a case of tarsal tunnel syndrome due to flexor digitorum accessorius longus and peroneocalcaneus internus muscles diagnosed on magnetic resonance imaging.
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