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From the military medical community side we've found it important to review and scope constantly the scientific background and practical findings in our field. The medical messenger gives a quarterly selection of the most actual ones with current and interesting topics that are worth reading. 

VR techniques in training and supporting preparations for mass casualty situations: https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/milmed/usag415/8818194?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Potential help in training injuries: https://revistamedicinamilitara.ro/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Effects_of_intermittent_pneumatic_compression_meth.pdf

Phage therapy and its renaissance: https://ojs.microbiolj.org.ua/index.php/mj/article/view/229/94

Dry plasma as potential solution to blood support: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/30/E953

Lessons Identified Changes in Trauma care based on Ukrainian experiences: https://www.emsy.io/en/blog/ukraine-war-prehospital-trauma-protocols

ORGAN DONATION VS. ORGAN HARVESTING IN WAR TIMES POWS AS WELL AS ABDUCTED MINORS AS POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF THE ILLEGAL HUMAN ORGAN MARKET. ORGAN TRADE AS A MECHANISM OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL AS WELL AS POLITICAL MANIPULATION WITHIN THE FRAME OF THE RUSSIAN WAR | Eastern Ukrainian Medical Journal

Full article: Gaza’s hidden crisis: adults, children, and generations of psychological torment to come

A Nation in Mourning: Prolonged Grief and Psychological Distress in the Israeli Public Amidst the Ongoing Hostage Crisis Following the October 7th Attack | medRxiv

Prevalence of stress, anxiety, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among Ukrainians after the first year of Russian invasion: a nationwide cross-sectional study - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe

The mental health toll of the Russian-Ukraine war across 11 countries: Cross-sectional data on war-related stressors, PTSD and CPTSD symptoms - ScienceDirect

Combat casualty care and lessons learned from the past 100 years of war - ScienceDirect

Survivors of war in the Northern Kosovo (II): baseline clinical and functional assessment and lasting effects on the health of a vulnerable population - PMC

Parent-child mental health in Ukraine in relation to war trauma and drone attacks - ScienceDirect

Research progress of tourniquets and their application in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict - ScienceDirect

Critical care in Gaza amidst military pressure: the struggle of healthcare workers in Gaza’s Warzone | BMJ Global Health

Psychological care in acute state on the battlefield, training video, with explanation: iCOVER Training Video

Military medical training for the battlefield video: Virtual reality could help military medics prepare for battlefield

Kévin Balasoupramanien, MD1; Guillaume Comat, MD2; Aurélien Renard, MD, MSc, Pr; Jean-Guillaume Meusnier, MD4; Coline Montigon, MD5; Anne-Sophie Pitel, MD6;Marc Bascou, MD7; Rémy Dubourg, MD8; Nicolas Cazes, MD9 - Ultrasonography Performed by Military Nurses in Combat Operations - JSOM Edition 3 / Fall 2022

MAJ Dr. Jacopo Frassini, MD; COL Dr. Petr Král, MD - Aeromedical Evacuation in NATO (external link to article)

MAJ Ágnes Györffy ; Judit Bolgár - The characteristics of women soldiers’ profession socialization, integration, adaptation and their emphasized fields of manifestation in the different types of corps.

Antoine Lamblin; Clément Derkenne; Marion Trousselard; Marie-Ange Einaudi - UMR 7268Ethical challenges faced by French military doctors deployed in the Sahel (Operation Barkhane): a qualitative study.

Mahdi Al-Jeabory; Lukasz Szarpak; Attila Kecskés; Michael Simpson; Adam Smereka; Aleksandra Gasecka; Wojciech Wieczorek; Michal Pruc; Maciej Koselak; Wladyslaw Gawel; Igor Checinski; Milosz J. Jaguszewski and Krzysztof J. Filipiak - Efficacy and Safety of Tranexamic Acid in Emergency Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Maj Dr. Jacopo Frassini, MD; Col Dr. Petr Král; LtC Dr. Zoltán Tóth - Medical support in Space Commands, the next frontier (external link to abstract)

Cpt Jacopo Frassini, MD - Highlights from AMSUS 2019
Cpt Jacopo Frassini, MD - EU AEROMEDICAL DRIVE AT EATC
Cpt Jacopo Frassini, MD - VIMIMED 2020, a European model
LtC Dr. Daniel Aron - COVID STRATEGY - Systematic concentric circle testing methodology
Cpt Jacopo Frassini, MD - Continuous improvement in healthcare support on NATO operations (external link to abstract)
Maj Jacopo Frassini, MD; LtC Zoltán Tóth, MD; Col Petr Král, MD - Flight Surgeons, Aerospace Medicine And NATO Aeromedical Doctrine: Where Is The Alliance For Flight Safety? (external link to abstract / article)
BG. Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges, MD - NATO's Medical Support in the Current Security Environment
Tomáš Vašek; Jaroslav Žďáraí, Petr Král; Milan Růžička; Michal Potáč; Petr Smola; John Quinn: Evidence based medicine: lessons learned from the NATO Military Medical Center of Excellence (external link to article)

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