Morbidity Associated with Cold Weather Training

McCarroll, James E.; Jackson, R; Traver, C. A.; Langevin, Ron; Phair, Pamela W.; Murray, Courtney; Farese, L. J.

doi:10.1093/milmed/144.10.680

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“…In U.S. military operations in cold weather, trauma encounters ranged from 10 to 28/100 soldiers, 5,615 whereas encounters for respiratory infections ranged from 8 to 24/100 soldiers. 5,15 The present investigation suggests the importance of instituting active medical surveillance of frostbite, especially in conditions of extreme cold temperature and high wind. If the 38th Canadian Brigade Group had not been actively examined by the physician, 27 individuals would have been overlooked and not treated for frostbite.…”

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Medical Encounters During a Joint Canadian/U.S. Exercise in the High Arctic (Exercise Arctic Ram)

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The Arctic Ram Exercise was conducted in February 2016, near Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada, to demonstrate the ability of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to rapidly deploy to the arctic as an immediate response team. This report describes medical problems experienced by the 187 CAF and 28 U.S. forces involved in the exercise. Sixty-six airborne soldiers performed tactical static line jumps and linked up with soldiers on the ground for the exercise. Medical events were recorded by medics on the drop zone and by medical personnel at the Unit Medical Station in Resolute Bay. Average temperature during the exercise was −21°C and wind chill was −44°C. Two U.S. soldiers were injured in association with the jump and an additional 62 patients presented at the clinic during the exercise for an overall medical event incidence of 30%. The incidence of frostbite was 17%. At the end of the exercise, a physician actively examined CAF soldiers in one unit (n = 126) and found that 21% had experienced frostbite. The incidence of frostbite was high in this exercise compared to past cold-weather military operations, likely related to the very low temperatures and wind chills.

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Medical Encounters During a Joint Canadian/U.S. Exercise in the High Arctic (Exercise Arctic Ram)

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“…The dental emergency rate is the principal outcome measure of the Dental Care System's Dental Combat Effectiveness Monitoring Program. Results from studies of dental care during field training exercises (Sumnicht, 1965;Payne and Posey, 1981;King, Parker, and Brunner, 1982;King and Brunner, 1984), at strategic location assignments (Ludwick and Gendron, 1974;McCarroll, Traver and Phair, 1979), of prisoners of war (Diem and Richlin, 1978;Berg and Richlin, 1977), and in combat (Jeffcott, 1955;Reister, 1973;McConnell, 1974;Heiser, 1974) have consistently emphasized the impact that dental emergencies can have on Army personnel. The transient loss of peisonnel, and noneffectiveness of soldiers in combat and field training exercises due to dental emergencies continue to be problems.…”

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A Survey of Dental Emergencies among U.S. Army Active Duty Personnel

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Morbidity Associated with Cold Weather Training

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Medical Encounters During a Joint Canadian/U.S. Exercise in the High Arctic (Exercise Arctic Ram)

Medical Encounters During a Joint Canadian/U.S. Exercise in the High Arctic (Exercise Arctic Ram)

A Survey of Dental Emergencies among U.S. Army Active Duty Personnel

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