CORRESPONDENCE COURSE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOL SUBCOURSE MD0535 EDITION 100 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND FIELD SANITATION Disease has caused far greater losses of manpower during past military operations, than have direct combat deaths. During the Civil War 199,720 soldiers died of diseases compared to 138,154 battlefield deaths. World War II and the Korean, Lebanon, and Vietnam conflicts records show 15,828,940 disease casualties as opposed to 640,254 combat casualties. The control or prevention of disease is the responsibility of each soldier. By practicing proper personal hygiene, food and water sanitation, waste disposal, and control of insects and rodents, disease can be kept to a minimum. ---------------------- Length: 139 Pages Estimated Hours to Complete: 14 Format: PDF file Size: 2.2 MB ---------------------- Subcourse Components: Lesson 1, Communicable Diseases. Lesson 2, Field Water Supply. Lesson 3, Field Food Service Sanitation. Lesson 4, Field Waste Disposal. Lesson 5, Control of Arthropod-Borne and Rodent-Borne Diseases. ---------------------------- Anyone may take this course. However, to receive credit hours, you must be officially enrolled and complete an examination furnished by the Nonresident Instruction Branch at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Enrollment is normally limited to Department of Defense personnel. Others may apply for enrollment, but acceptance is not guaranteed. This file is in PDF format and requires a PDF reader. A free PDF reader is available from Adobe through the link below. This Course in available only by Download. |
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