healthcare
UK MoD Statement on Armed Forces Covenant
May 17 by Defence IQWith permission Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the Armed Forces Covenant, which is being published today along with other important documents on how we are taking forward our pledg...
CBRN Expert Speaks Up: 'Terrorists Are Willing to Move to the Next Step'
April 26 by Richard de SilvaBrigadier General (ret) Galatas Ioannis is Senior Advisor and RIEAS-CBRNE Scientific Coordinator. He specialises in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and, for more than 20 years, has served as Head o...
US Army Plans New Guidelines to Resolve Denials of Purple Hearts to Brain-Injured Soldiers
March 18 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR March 16, 2011, 6:33 p.m. Acknowledging that commanders have sometimes wrongly denied the Purple Heart to soldiers who suffered...
US Air Force Life-saving Crews Take to the Skies Over Afghanistan
February 28 by Richard de SilvaColonel Barbara Jones of the US Air Force's 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, speaks with Defence IQ ahead of Battlefield Healthcare 2011, to discuss the role of her squadron and the challenges...
'Always the First': The US Air Force's Full Up Round Aeromedical Evac Squadron
February 21 by Richard de SilvaColonel Barbara Jones is the Squadron Commander for the US Air Force's 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. Her unit responds to natural disasters at home and abroad, and also transports casualties...
VC hero cruising on ice
February 20 by Defence IQWar hero Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC, who demonstrated ice-cool courage when he saved the lives of several members of his unit during ambushes in Iraq in 2004, has glided through to the final...
'Asking the Experts': Uncovering the Realities of CBRNE Civil Preparedness
February 10 by Richard de SilvaBrigadier General (ret) Galatas Ioannis is Senior Advisor and RIEAS-CBRNE (Research Institute for European and American Studies - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) Scientif...
Australian Defence Forces invest in multi-million dollar electronic health record system
February 09 by Australian Department of DefenceMinister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today launched plans for a new multi-million dollar electronic health record system for the Australian Defence Force. Mr...
Scientific Review Kicks Off to Weigh Treatment for Brain-Injured Soldiers
February 09 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The Institutes of Medicine kicked off its yearlong study of cognitive rehabilitation therapy on Monday, a process that will help...
MOD to strengthen links with mental health charities
February 04 by Defence IQThe MOD today pledged to work closely with Service charities to deliver the best mental healthcare for the Armed Forces. Soldier at the Army Personnel Recovery Centre in Edinburgh...
US Representative Giffords Could Receive Brain Injury Treatment Thousands of American Troops Do Not
January 28 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica, Jan. 26, 2011, 11:31 a.m. As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords begins rehabilitative therapy in Houston after being shot in the head in Tucson earlier this...
American Legion Pushes For Coverage of Treatment for Troops With Brain Injuries
January 17 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans’ organization, is calling for the Pentagon’s health pla...