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Challenges:
During the Korean Conflict, the goal of military medicine was to preserve the fighting force. Physicians, nurses, medics and medical staff shared responsibility for:
* protecting troops from injury and disease,
* providing the best possible medical and surgical care to the sick and wounded,
* determining if a servicemember should be returned to duty by forward treatment, or evacuated out of a combat zone for further care, and
* recommending and applying standards to decide whether a servicemember should ultimately be separated from the military.
The Korean Conflict presented several unique challenges for those involved in the practice of military medicine. |