"potentially mean[] a medical specialty, specifically a branch of occupational medicine attending to the medical risks and needs (both preventive and interventional) of soldiers, sailors and other service members."
The study of the medical aspects of military operations, including combat trauma, disease prevention, and the health and well-being of military personnel.
Anatomy and Physiology: Study of the structure and function of the human body, including the systems and tissues that make up the body.
Emergency Medical Services: Training and equipment for pre-hospital care and medical evacuation.
Infectious Diseases: Study of pathogens and the diseases they cause, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases within a military population.
Wounds and Trauma: Understanding and treatment of wounds and trauma, including gunshot wounds, burns, blast injuries, and amputations.
Combat Casualty Care: Protocols and procedures for treating injured soldiers in combat zones and under battlefield conditions.
Operational Medicine: Medical support for military operations, including planning and logistics for medical care in austere and remote environments.
Medical Ethics: The principles and values governing medical practice, including issues such as patient confidentiality, informed consent, and end-of-life care.
Military Psychiatry: Mental health issues among military personnel, including PTSD, depression, and suicide prevention.
Environmental Medicine: Study of the effects of environmental factors on health, including exposure to chemicals, extreme temperatures, and altitude.
Public Health: Preventive measures to promote health and prevent disease, including vaccination programs and epidemiology.
"This disparate arena has historically involved the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases (especially tropical diseases)."
"Undersea and aviation medicine can be understood as subspecialties of military medicine, or in any case originated as such."
"The planning and practice of the surgical management of mass battlefield casualties and the logistical and administrative considerations of establishing and operating combat support hospitals."
"Military medical hierarchies, especially the organization of structured medical command and administrative systems that interact with and support deployed combat units."
"The administration and practice of health care for military service members and their dependents in non-deployed (peacetime) settings."
"Few countries certify or recognize 'military medicine' as a formal specialty or subspecialty in its own right."
"Medical research and development specifically bear upon problems of military medical interest."
"vaccines or drugs for soldiers, medical evacuation systems, drinking water chlorination, etc."
"many of which ultimately prove important beyond the purely military considerations that inspired them."