The U.S. military's current concept of operations for expeditionary medical care emphasizes quickly moving patients to a series of successively more sophisticated medical facilities that provide the patients with the care necessary to treat their injury or condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe prime mission of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS), like those of the medical departments of its sister services, is to provide medical care during wartime. AFMS currently runs three successful in-theater hospitals that treat severely injured or wounded U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs U.S. service members deploy for extended periods on a repeated basis, their ability to cope with the stress of deployment may be challenged.
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