Technical Evaluation Report
Abstract
The purpose of this symposium was to bring together public health, occupational health, and military health professionals to discuss the strategies and technologies available to counter existing and emerging health threats to deployed forces. The RTO Human Factors and Medicine Symposium focused on the health problems of military personnel pre-, during, and post-deployment. The symposium sought to address technologies and policies for medical surveillance systems that would protect the health of NATO forces across the continuum of operations (e.g., garrison operations through war and relief operations). In addition to considering support for NATO warfare operations, the symposium addressed the technologies and policies necessary to sustain adequate public health systems and population health in future NATO areas of operation. Finally, the symposium addressed the state-of-the-art and importance of providing medical aid in the minutes or hours following the occurrence of a catastrophe. A timely response can make the difference between a successful relief operation and a large number of casualties. The presentations were divided into four sessions: Epidemiology Techniques for Surveilling Specific Health Conditions; Surveillance Information: Tools and Techniques; Laboratory Techniques and Technology for Surveillance; and Epidemiology Techniques for Military Forces Surveillance. In Part 1 of this paper, the author summarizes and evaluates the papers that were presented. In Part 2, he presents technical remarks that should help to improve future meetings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA433645
Entities
People
- Wulf Von Restorff
Organizations
- NATO Science and Technology Organization