SAIF SAREEA Research Articles

Medical data collection on UK Military Exercise Saif Sareea 3: the EpiNATO-2 surveillance system

IntroductionEpidemiological data from military exercises are important to identify trends in medical presentations and treatment requirements to aid planning for future operations. UK Military exercises use the EpiNATO-2 surveillance system...

Managing mental health on a prolonged deployment: UK military exercise SAIF SAREEA 3

IntroductionThis paper presents the burden of mental health cases throughout UK military exercise SAIF SAREEA 3 (SS3), a low-tempo armoured brigade exercise in Oman from June to November 2018, and...

Prescribing in the prehospital environment: a review of the pharmaceutical Module 501 on UK Military Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3. Can such analysis assist with the scaling of healthcare assets?

IntroductionModule 501 provides core medications which are fundamental to the capability of a prehospital treatment team (PHTT). The quantities of each medication in the module inventory undergo regular review, but...

Epidemiology of UK Military Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3: future planning for hot climates

IntroductionEpidemiological data captured from military exercises and operations can highlight treatment requirements specific to operating in certain environmental conditions. Such data is invaluable to enable accurate planning for future exercises....

Smoking habits of UK military personnel on deployment: Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3

IntroductionChanges of environment brought about by deployments are often attributed to an increase in smoking of service personnel. Electronic cigarettes are recognised as being a viable aid to quitting smoking...

Medical equipment trends during the UK military exercise SAIF SAREEA 3 in Oman

IntroductionEx SAIF SAREEA 3 was a joint British-Omani military exercise involving approximately 5500 British personnel deployed to Oman over a 6-month period. Role 1 medical care was provided by medical...

Effects of heat: UK exercise Saif Sareea 3 and interpreting military climatic guidance

IntroductionOver recent years much research, both civilian and military, has occurred in the field of heat illness. This has helped force health protection and medical management of service personnel operating...

A Lesson Not Yet Learned

ObjectivesAccounts of numerous military campaigns throughout history have shown that casualties from medical illness usually greatly outnumber combat injuries. We aimed to see whether this remained the case in a...