Management of military medicine in new war defense

Management of military medicine service during a war faces two major kinds of weapons, conventional and unconventional.Now a days,production and application of unconventional agents and weapons of mass destruction [chemical,biological,nuclear and remote control weapons] which are called new arsenal, threaten more and more the health and life of living things and human beings every day. Super powers use these kinds of weapons for their sovereignty on other countries.The main goal of military medicine management is to maintain the health of military staff during war and peace with increasing the awareness of personnels by functional methods.The objective of this article is to emphasise roles of management of military medicine in defence during new wars. This is an original article in which the records of imposed war and the pattern of military health management in modern war counterattacks and the evidence from countries involved in these kinds of wars and crisis are mentioned and Persian and English literature were used as examples. Results show that the responsibility of military health management in modern war counterattacks is not just limited to the times of war and crisis; these issues should also be considered in the peace time as well as war and crisis in order to achieve its objectives. Preparation, providing required conditions, and acquiring information about weapons, their application and the methods to tackle them, should all be done in this phase and necessary training should be provided for military personnels and people who are in danger. Debate on using modern weapons is now of great importance since the types of weapon and their destructive effects -even if used in a limited level- have been changed. Ignoring this issue can easily affect the moral and military capabilities of ordinary people as well as military personnel and has a special importance. Although the application of these weapons may not be as widespread as before, current destructive effects of these weapons is now much greater than before. Special attention should be paid to this issue

[Management of military medicine in new war defense]

Background: Management of military medicine service during a war faces two major kinds of weapons, conventional and unconventional. Now a days. production and application of unconventional agents and weapons of mass destruction [chemica, lbiological, nuclear and remote control weapons] which are called new arsenal, threaten more and more the health and life of living things and human beging every day. Super powers use these kinds of weapons for their soveregntly on other countries. The main goal of military medicine management is to maintain the health of military staff during war and peace with increasing the awareness of personals by functional methods. The objectives of this article is to emphasise roles of management of military medicine in defence during new wars

Materials and Methods: This is an original article in which the records of imposed war and the pattern of military health management in modern war counterattacks and the evidence from countries involved in these kinds of wars and crisis are mentioned and Persian and English literature were used as examples

Results: Results show that the responsibility of military health management in modern war counterattacks is not just limited to the times of war and crisis; these issues should also be considered in the peace time as well as war and crisis in order to achieve its objectives. Preparation, providing required conditions, and acquiring information about weapons, their application and the methods to tackle them, should all be done in this phase and necessary training should be provided for military personnels and people who are in danger

Conclusions: Debate on using modern weapons is now of great importance since the types of weapon and their destructive effects -even if used in a limited level- have been changed. Ignoring this issue can easily affect the moral and military capabilities of ordinary people as well as military personnel, and has a special importance. Although the application of these weapons may not be as widespread as before, current destructive effects of these weapons is now much greater than before. Special attention should be paid to this issue