Navy Medicine

NEMTI – “Real World Training, Wherever the Mission Takes Us”

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Force health and safety, Hospitals by jwick on October 4, 2012 at 8:00 am {no comments}

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) Role 3 Kanadahar Course students receive training on stretcher and litter bearer practices during a July 31 Role 3 Kandahar Course class at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The NEMTI-sponsored Kandahar Role-3 Hospital course is a two-week program designed to foster teamwork, and build and hone medical skills specific to what U.S. military medical professionals might expect while on deployment to the Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.
(Photo by Navy Medicine Education and Training Command)

By Navy Medicine Education and Training Command Public Affairs Nearly 200 Active-duty and Reserve Sailors who will deploy in support of contingency operations around the world and specifically to the NATO Role II and III trama hospitals in Afganistan completed the second round of training at the Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) in Camp [...]

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Navy Entomology Center of Excellence’s Update on West Nile Virus

Filed under Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force by jwick on September 12, 2012 at 8:31 am {no comments}

Lt. Jen Wright, Navy Entomology Center of Excellence The United States is experiencing the greatest outbreak of West Nile Virus (WNV) since its initial introduction in New York during the summer of 1999. A total of 1,590 cases of WNV cases have been reported with 66 of those cases resulting in death according to the [...]

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Immunizations Awareness Month: Naval Hospital Beaufort

Filed under Families, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Force health and safety, Hospitals by jwick on August 30, 2012 at 7:42 am {no comments}

BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 03, 2012) Ms. Luvelle Taylor, licensed practical nurse, prepares a young patient for his vaccinations at the Naval Hospital Beaufort Immunizations Clinic. This is busy time of year for the clinic as parents their bring children to make sure their vaccines up to date for the new school year. (U.S. Navy photo by Regena Kowitz/Released)

By Lt. Cmdr Shawn Garcia, MD, MPH, Naval Hospital Beaufort With August being Immunizations Awareness Month, I thought it would be a good time to highlight the many achievements not only of modern medicine, but also of Navy Medicine and specifically Naval Hospital Beaufort in fighting infectious disease. The U.S. military has long been a [...]

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Surgeon General’s Dental Corps birthday message

Filed under Leadership by jwick on August 22, 2012 at 10:40 am {no comments}

By Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy Surgeon General On behalf of a grateful nation, I want to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to the Navy Dental Corps as they celebrate 100 years of sacrifice, service, honor and commitment. Our dentists have served in times of peace and war to ensure dental readiness [...]

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Pacific Partnership: “Casting” an international impact

Filed under Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief by jwick on August 14, 2012 at 8:00 am {no comments}

From Pacific Partnership Public Affairs Cambodian students gained valuable medical knowledge aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in casting techniques Aug. 4, during Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). Forty-one students from International University and the University of Health Sciences joined PP12 medical professionals in the subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) aboard [...]

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