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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
Medic for the millennium: the U.S. Army 91W health care specialist
1Department of Emergency Medicine, MCHE-EM, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA. robert.delorenzo@amedd.army.mil
Abstract:
The new millennium challenges the Army Medical Department to provide good care in a variety of circumstances from peacetime to operations other than war to combat. To provide care in this broad variety of missions, the Army Medical Department needs flexible providers. The new 91W health care specialist enlisted medic is designed to meet this need. By coupling skills in emergency care, evacuation, medical force protection, and primary care with certification in emergency medical technology, the 91W initiative will fill the needs of the Army now and into the new millennium.
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