Military medicine
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Emergency departments (ED) in Israel deal with a large number of referrals from the Israel Defense Force. In a recent study, we observed that only 3% of soldiers referred to the ED in Soroka Medical Center were hospitalized. ⋯ A discrepancy exists between the high proportion of appropriate soldiers' referrals to the ED and the low hospitalization proportion. Organizational steps should be undertaken in the Israel Defense Force to decrease excess military use of civilian ED services.
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Emergency cricothyrotomy is a potentially lifesaving surgical procedure used to gain prompt access to an otherwise compromised and inaccessible airway. The purpose of this photoessay is to demonstrate the technique of the procedure in a step-by-step manner so that the physician can perform this intervention with ease and facility in the most stressful of circumstances.
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Diagnosis with breast cancer is not an automatic cause for discharge from the military. Therefore, it is important to know how this disease impacts enlisted women in the military. This study describes how enlisted women manage diagnosis and treatment within the context of their military careers. ⋯ Participants had to balance demands and expectations among the Military Career and Military Medical Subsystems and their Social Support Subsystem. Support from the chain of command was critical in women's ability to balance demands and expectations of career, family, and illness. Military nurses are in a unique position to create strategies that will assist enlisted women in coping with breast cancer.