The Symbiotic Relationship Between Operational Military Medicine, Tactical Medicine, and Wilderness Medicine: A View Through a Personal Lens

There are direct and indirect linkages and a form of symbiosis between operational military medicine from World War II and present wilderness medicine, from the beginnings to contemporary practice, and the more recently evolved field of tactical emergency medical support. Each of these relationships...

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Veröffentlicht in:Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2017-06, Vol.28 (2), p.S6-S11
1. Verfasser: Llewellyn, Craig H.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:There are direct and indirect linkages and a form of symbiosis between operational military medicine from World War II and present wilderness medicine, from the beginnings to contemporary practice, and the more recently evolved field of tactical emergency medical support. Each of these relationships will be explored from the historical perspective of the Department of Military & Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences from 1982 to the present.
ISSN:1080-6032
1545-1534
DOI:10.1016/j.wem.2016.12.008