TABULATING EQUIPMENT AND ARMY MEDICAL STATISTICS

Army Medical Service and the Army Estimates

Equipment Sustainment Requirements for the Transforming Army

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A survey of U.S. Army aeromedical equipment.

Medical equipment is necessary to support patients requiring air transportation, but it may not be compatible with the aviation environment. Aircraft systems may cause errors in the functioning of medical equipment, or that equipment may interfere with the aircraft. Medical equipment has been tested, primarily for fixed wing aircraft, to military standards by the U.S. Air Force. This study repo...

Laboratory and flight tests of medical equipment for use in U.S. Army Medevac helicopters.

When used in an air medical setting, medical equipment designed for use in hospitals can fail from the stresses of in-flight use, or they interfere with critical rotor-wing aircraft systems. From January 1989 to June 1992, 34 medical devices, including monitor/defibrillators, infusion pumps, vital-signs monitors, ventilators and infant transport incubators, were tested under extreme conditions ...

Medical Equipment and Systems

In January 2014, the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center became the fi rst clinic in Japan to treat patients using proton spot scanning. Th e new system operates alongside two existing treatment rooms that started treating patients in February 2013 and use a passive scattering system. Th is means that the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center now has three treatment rooms, two with rotating gantries and one ...