The Medical Threat And Principles Of Preventive Medicine Measures

The medical threat is—

• Heat.

• Cold.

• Arthropods and other animals.

• Food-and waterborne diseases.

• Toxic industrial chemicals/materials.

• Noise.

• Nonbattle injury.

• The unfit service member.

PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE MEASURES

• Service members perform individual techniques of PMM.

• Chain of command plans for and enforces PMM.

• Field sanitation teams train service members in PMM and advise the commander and unit leaders on implementation of unit-level PMM.

Failure to Apply the Principles of PMM Can Result in Mission Failure.