FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION
FM
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MCRP 4-11.1D
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to the Medical Threat Section I. MESSAGE TO THE UNIT COMMANDER DISEASE AND NONBATTLE INJURY A DNBI casualty can be defined as a military person who is lost to an organization by reason of disease or injury, and who is not a battle casualty. This definition includes persons who are dying of disease or injury due to accidents directly related to the operation or mission to which they were deployed. The acronym, DNBI, does not include service members missing involuntarily because of enemy action or being interned by the enemy (as a prisoner of war). The total number of DNBI casualties is evaluated to identify DNBI rates per number of service members in an operation. The DNBI rates are critical in evaluating the effectiveness of PVNTMED missions within the area of operations (AO) and in determining the health of a force within an operation. Historically, in every conflict the US has been involved in, only 20 percent of all hospital admissions have been from combat injuries. The other 80 percent have been from DNBI. Excluded from these figures are vast numbers of service members with decreased combat effectiveness due to DNBI not serious enough for hospital admission. Preventive medicine measures are simple, common sense actions that any service member can perform and every leader must know. The application of PMM can significantly reduce time loss due to DNBI. How Much Time Does Your Unit Spend Training Service Members on.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY You are responsible for all aspects of health and sanitation of your command. Only you can make command decisions concerning the health of your unit in consideration of the.
DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU Togatabu Island, 1942: The 134th Artillery and the 404th Engineer Battalions were part of a task force preparing to attack Guadalcanal. Fifty-five percent of the engineers and sixty-five percent of the artillerymen contracted a disease called filariasis transmitted by mosquitoes. Both units had to be replaced (medically evacuated) without seeing any enemy action because they were not combat ready. The use of insect repellents and insecticides and the elimination of standing water would have prevented this. Merrill's Marauders: Disease was an important detractor to this famous unit. The medical threat faced by the Marauders in the jungles of Burma was great. Everyone was sick, but some had to stay and fight. Evacuation was limited to those with high fever and severe illness. One entire platoon cut the seats from their pants because severe diarrhea had to be relieved during gunfights. After a bold and successful attack on a major airfield, Merrill's Marauders were so decimated by disease that they were disbanded. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDICAL THREAT Section I. Message to the Unit Commander Section II. The Medical Threat and Principles of Preventive Medicine Measures
CHAPTER 2. INDIVIDUAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE MEASURES Section I. Heat Injuries Section II. Cold Injuries Section III. Arthropods and Other Animals of Medical Importance Section IV. Poisonous Plants and Toxic Fruits Section V. Food-/Water-/Wasteborne Disease/Illness Section VI. Personal Hygiene and Physical and Mental Fitness Section VII. Noise Section VIII. Toxic Industrial Chemicals/Materials
CHAPTER 3. LEADERS. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE MEASURES Section I. Heat Injuries Section II. Cold Injuries Section III. Arthropods and Other Animals of Medical Importance Section IV. Poisonous Plants and Toxic Fruits Section V. Food-/Water-/Wasteborne Disease/Illness Section VI. Personal Hygiene and Physical and Mental Fitness. Section VII. Noise Section VIII. Toxic Industrial Chemicals/Materials
CHAPTER 4. UNIT FIELD SANITATION TEAM Field Sanitation Team Concept Scope of Field Sanitation Team Operations Field Sanitation Team Tasks Selection of Personnel Training How to Make Your Field Sanitation Team the Best in the Command
APPENDIX A. UNIT-LEVEL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE MEASURES TASKS TASK 1. Control Biting Insects TASK 2. Use the 1-Gallon or 2-Gallon Compressed Air Sprayer TASK 3. Control Domestic Rodents TASK 4. Prevent Injuries Due to Venomous Snakebite TASK 5. Inspect Unit Food Service Operations TASK 6. Inspect Water Containers TASK 7. Check Unit Water Supply for Chlorine Residual TASK 8. Chlorinate Water Supplies TASK 9. Set Up, Construct, and Maintain Field Waste Disposal Devices TASK 10. Construct and Maintain Field Handwashing and Shower Devices
GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX
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