[The Strategic-Aeromedical-Evacuation-System of the German Armed Forces : Long-distance air transport as a challenge for intensive care nurses].

This article presents the German Armed Forces Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation system. The following factors are described in detail: the path of alert, the used aircrafts, the medical equipment, the medical care personnel with its associated training as well as the aeronautical and medical issues. This military system for long haul intensive care transport offers many medical possibilities in critical care repatriations from deployment areas, as well as disaster relief missions.

Olfactory speed - Temporal odor processing of paired stimuli.

Objectives: Compared to other senses, temporal perception of odors seems fairly slow. In addition it has been shown in previous studies that even not consciously perceived odors could influence our behavior. Aim of the current study therefore was to study the interstimulus interval (ISI) length, which is necessary between two repetitive stimuli to be able to perceive them separately.