Medical Intelligence as a Tool Enhancing Situational Awareness

Abstract

There have been a lot of publications issued recently on various topics related to deployed servicemen health and wellbeing. All Commanding officers, regardless their level of authority, are aware of the utmost importance healthy and fit soldiers has on every military operation and mission. The aim of the article is to present Medical Intelligence (MEDINT) inputs into Intelligence Summary and Medical support as part of the contingency plan (CONOPS) and operational plan (OPLAN). In order to achieve the set goal by the means of descriptive analyses the features of contemporary warfare are summarized. Comparative and cluster analyses are performed in presenting the MEDINT capabilities to enhance the situational awareness of the Commanders, Medical planners and ordinary servicemen, related to health hazards. In conclusion could be stated that providing significant contributions to IPB and OPP MEDINT is enhancing situational awareness of the Commanders, planners and servicemen towards health hazards and risks they could face during mission execution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA567896

Entities

People

  • Kamen Kanev
  • Rostislav Kostadinov

Organizations

  • Military Medical Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Combat Readiness
  • Force Protection
  • Geography
  • Hazards
  • Health
  • Identification
  • Medical Intelligence
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Operations
  • Risk
  • Situational Awareness
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Threats
  • Toxicology
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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