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Military Medicine

Doctrinal and Instructional Manuals

"Because medical personnel will not always be readily available,
the nonmedical service members must rely heavily on their own skills and
knowledge of life-sustaining methods to survive on the integrated battlefield."

US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook, ST 31-91B, 1 March 1982
First Aid, U.S. Army Field Manual 4-25.11, 23 December 2002 (2.4 MB PDF)
First Aid for Soldiers, U.S. Army Field Manual 21-11, 28 August 1989 (4.2 MB)
Bandaging and Splinting, U.S. Army Field Manual 8-50, June 1957 (2.8 MB PDF)
The Ship's Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea, U.S. Coast Guard, 2003 Edition (5.5 MB PDF)
Emergency Childbirth, a joint publication of the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services, 1970
Family Guide Emergency Health Care, a joint publication of the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services, 1971 (4 MB)
War Psychiatry, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1995 (5.4 MB)
Military Dermatology (Redacted), Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1995 (2.8 MB)
Unit Field Sanitation Team, U.S. Army Field Manual 4-25.12, 25 January 2002
Hospital Corpsman, US Navy Nonresident Training Course, August 2000
Radiation Health Protection Manual, Department of the Navy, August 2001
Personnel Dosimetry Guidance and Dose Recording Procedures for Personnel Occupationally Exposed to Ionizing Radiation, Joint Army Pamphlet 40-18, 30 June 1995
Handling Procedures for Equipment Contaminated with Depleted Uranium or Radioactive Commodities, US Army Pamphlet 700-48, 27 September 2002
Disinfection and Sterilization of Dental Instruments and Materials, US Army Technical Bulletin, 31 May 1995
Sterilizing Medical, Surgical, Dental and Veterinary Materiel, US Army Technical Bulletin, 2 May 1987
Malaria Prevention and Control, Navy Medical Department Pocket Guide, September 2000
Preventive Medicine, Department of the Army Pamphlet 40-11, 22 July 2005
Preventive Medicine Services, Army Field Manual 4-02.17, 28 August 2000
Division and Brigade Surgeon's Handbook, Army Field Manual 4-02.21, 15 November 2000

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