[Actions of the French Military Medical Service in the war against COVID-19: ].

"" declared President Emmanuel Macron during a speech to the nation on March 16, 2020. As part of this national resilience, the French Military Medical Service was engaged in the fight against COVID-19. This general review aims to describe and detail the actions undertaken by the French Military Medical Service in the national fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in France, as well as abroad.

Outcomes of COVID-19-Related ARDS Patients Hospitalized in a Military Field Intensive Care Unit.

Introduction: Little evidence of outcome is available on critically ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients hospitalized in a field hospital. Our purpose was to report outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients after hospitalization in a field intensive care unit (ICU), established under military tents in a civil-military collaboration.

Methods: All patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) admitted to the Military Health Service Field Intensive Care Unit in Mulhouse (France) between March 24, 2020, and May 7, 2020, were included in the study.

A beat-by-beat cardiovascular index, CARDEAN, to titrate opioid administration in the setting of orthopaedic surgery: a prospective randomized trial.

To determine whether a beat-by-beat cardiovascular index (CARDEAN: cardiovascular depth of analgesia, Alpha-2 Ltd, Lyon, France) reduces the incidence of tachycardia in ASA I-III patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. A total of 76 patients were prospectively randomized into (1) a control group or (2) the CARDEAN group, in which the nurse anaesthetist was blinded to CARDEAN application. In addition to conventional signs, an external observer instructed the nurse anaesthetist to administer sufentanil 0.

How do we fight COVID-19? Military medical actions in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

'', French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on 16 March 2020. As part of this national effort, the French Military Medical Service (FMMS) is committed to the fight against COVID-19. This original report aimed to describe and detail actions that the FMMS has carried out in the nationwide fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in France, as well as overseas.