Army Medicine Innovations Since Desert Storm
After Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Army Medical Department took a number of initiatives to improve Soldier health, medical care during deployments and on the battlefield, and the training and tools that medical personnel have to deliver care. These efforts have built a more efficient and better integrated system of battlefield protection and combat casualty care.
A chronological listing of some initiatives follows:
1991 Serum Repository
1992 Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Licensed
1993 Army Medical Re-Engineering Initiative Began
1994 Activation of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
Activation of U.S. Army Medical Command
Deployment Occupational & Environmental Health Surveillance
1996 Ongoing Research & Use of Telemedicine
1997 UH-60L Medevac Helicopter
1998 Anthrax Vaccination Program
1999 Deployment Health Clinical Center Established
Reserve 90-Day Rotation Policy Implemented
2000 Chemical-Biological Protective Shelter Systems
The Army's 91W Health Care Specialist
First Multi-Component AMEDD Hospital Activated
2001 Operation Solace Initiated
National Vaccine Health Center Established
Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program Initiated
Special Medical Augmentation Response Team-Preventive Medicine
2002 First CBRNE Course Conducted
DOD/VA Clinical Practice Guideline
President Announces Smallpox Vaccination Program
Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Deployed
Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle
PDAs Show Promise for High-Tech Medics
Blood Container Allows Far-Forward Transfusions
Basic Combat Training Injury Prevention
The Post Deployment Health Assessment Tool (PDHAT)
2004 Improved Combat Eye Protection
Vaccine Associated Myopericarditis Registry
Tele-Behavioral Health Service
Complete Medical Record in ER/Urgent Care Setting
Department of Deployment Health (DoDH), Womack Army Medical Center
Addition of Apheresis Platelet Collection Capability
2005 Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program
Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization
AMEDD Center and School Information Portals
2006 Ultimate Warrior
Allergen Extract Laboratory Management System (ELMS)
WRAMC's Clinical and Research Activities for Individuals with Early Post Traumatic Exposure
Battlefield Pain Control/Advanced Regional Anesthesia
2007 Spiritual Attitude Inventory
Suicide Awareness/Prevention Training
CORPS Program (Caregivers Optimizing Readiness through Prevention Strategies)
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), UH-72A MEDEVAC
Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program
Soldier and Family Assistance Center (SFAC)
Army Physical Disability Evaluation System Training
2008 Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine established
2009 Pain Management
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Device
2010 Comprehensive Behavioral Health System of Care