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U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Natick, MA 01760-5007 -
[ (b)(2)]
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE SUPPORT FOR DESERT OPERATIONS:
PRACTICAL CUIDANCE AND SUGGESTIONS
FOR DEPLOYMENT & SURVIVAL
10 August 1990
INDEX:
Page
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: .................................. 1
KEY POINTS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
PHYSIOLOGICAL LAWS: ............. .......... . . ........ . 2
OPERATIONAL CAUSES OF HEAT ILLNESS & INJURY . . . . . . . . . 3
COMMON PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ISSUES & GUIDANCE . 3
HYDRATION & ELECTROLYTE BALANCE . 3
FOOD INTAKE & NUTRITION: 6
HEAT ACCLIMATION/PHYSICAL FITNESS: . . . . . .. 8
FIELD SANITATlON & VECTOR CONTROL: ........... 8
PSYCHOLOGICAL & PHYSlOLOGlCAL PERFORMANCE: 10
HEAT INJURY PREVENTION: . 13
HEAT INJURY & ILLNESS -IDENTIFICATlON & TREATMENT: 14
MISC. MEDICAL PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY DESERT OPS . . 14
EYE CARE: ....... .............. ....... 16
NON-MEDICAL OPERATIONAL OBSERVATIONS: . . . . . . . . . . . 16
BACKGROUND lNFORMATION:
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