Navy Medicine

$Trauma lanes being ran by four instructors, each group treating different types of injuries to include an altered mental status, open chest wound, leg amputation, arm fracture, arterial gunshot wounds to the axillary and inguinal regions, and impaled objects to the chest. Teams are doing final preparations and treatments for MEDEVAC turnover. (Photo by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Loany Saldivar)$

A Message from the Surgeon General

Filed under Leadership, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on February 22, 2013 at 1:53 pm {no comments}

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy surgeon general, speaks during the second day of plenary sessions during the 2012 Military Health System (MHS) Conference held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 1, 2012. The MHS aims to ensure the medical readiness of U.S. service members, and to provide a ready medical force. (DoD photo by Johnny Bivera, DoD)

By Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, U.S. Navy Surgeon General, and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Shipmates and Colleagues, The effects of possible sequestration, possibly coupled with a continuing resolution (no budget changes or new program starts from previous years), are on all our minds. I want to assure you that your senior [...]

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Newsletter for Navy and Marine Corps Medicine

Filed under Heath, Leadership, Military Medicine, Research and development, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on February 22, 2013 at 11:08 am {no comments}

From U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs Navy Medicine is proud to present the February 2013 issue of the Navy and Marine Corps Medical newsletter. It features various articles and photos highlighting the great work being done across Navy Medicine around the world. This month highlights Navy Medicine’s role in operating forward. There [...]

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The Great American Spit Out – Tips to Live By

Filed under Community Support, Families, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Force health and safety, Heath, Public Health, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on February 21, 2013 at 5:12 pm {no comments}

By Dawn Whiting, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Health Promotion and Wellness The thought of quitting smokeless tobacco forever might be overwhelming, but could you give it up for just 24 hours? Sign up to participate in the Great American Spit-Out (GASpO), taking place on Feb. 21st, 2013, and pledge to go tobacco-free [...]

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NAMRU-6 Entomology Department Helps Take the “Bite” out of Insect-borne Disease Threats

Filed under Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Force health and safety, Heath, Public Health, Research and development, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on February 21, 2013 at 11:03 am {no comments}

By Cmdr. Frederick M. Stell (current) and Lt. Cmdr. Roxanne G. Burrus (outgoing), department heads, Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Peru * Editor’s note: This is blog number 3 out of 6 in a series of blogs from NAMRU-6. U.S. military personnel deployed on the ground throughout the world are often [...]

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Skyping for the Ill and Wounded at Landstuhl

Filed under Community Support, Families, Hospitals, Military Medicine by vkremer on February 19, 2013 at 7:30 am {no comments}

By LCDR Lawrence “Andy” Creamer, NC, USN-RC (mob), clinical flight coordinator, Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit-13, Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center As members of a volunteer military, I feel as if we all have a strong sense of duty and dedication to others. We tend to give of ourselves which is demonstrated by our service [...]

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