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📢 Lt Col James Mitchell (James L. Mitchell) presents: The mTBI-Predict Study – advancing management & rehabilitation of head injuries and complex headache disorders. 🧠✨ Defense Health Agency Defence Medical Services Military Health System Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 CDMRP Uniformed Services University Uni of Birmingham Imperial College London

🌟 Conference Themes Spotlight: Career Development 🚀 Explore opportunities, pathways, and insights to advance your professional journey in Defence Medical Services. 🩺✨ #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

📢 Maj Oliver O’Sullivan (Oliver OSullivan) presents: ADVANCE Follow-up Findings – exploring the longitudinal incidence, progression, and predictors of radiographic knee osteoarthritis and pain in a trauma-injured cohort. 🦵✨ ADVANCE Study Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN Versus Arthritis #Colt24

📢 Sqn Ldr Will Nevin (William Nevin) presents: Opening a Can of Worms – tackling gastrointestinal parasite infections in at-risk UK Armed Forces populations. 🪱🌍 #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

📢 Dr. Russ Coppack asks: Is there a link between occupational task exposure and hip pain in UK military personnel? Groundbreaking research into causes & prevention of service-related hip conditions. 🩺🦵 DMRC-Stanford Hall #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

📢 Maj Jennifer Ross presents: Big Hits and Little Molecules – uncovering the proteomic response to increasing anatomical injury severity for better trauma insights. 🧬💥 Queen Mary University of London Barts Health #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

📢 Capt Thomas Smith presents: Abdominal Aortic Junctional Tourniquets – exploring critical pressure changes in Aortic Zones 1 & 3 in a cadaveric study, advancing care for combat medics treating non-compressible torso haemorrhage. 🩸⚕️ #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍

📢 Sqn Ldr Alasdair Mackay (Alasdair Mackay) presents: A Novel Injury Risk Function for Aircrew Helmets – groundbreaking research to enhance safety and protection for aircrew. 🛡️✈️ Imperial College London #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

🎤 Invited Speaker: Gp Capt Alex Bennett presents “So you want to become a Defence Academic?” – insights into navigating the path to academic excellence within Defence. 🎓✨ #Colt24 #DefMedResearch Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 🦉🐍 Defence Medical Services Royal Army Medical Service

🎉 Colt 2024 Winners Announced! 🎖️ 🏅 QIP Poster: Emily Reilly – Improving the documentation & safety of Fascia Iliaca blocks 🏅 QIP Presentation: Maj Grant Milne – A Peripatetic Defence Audiology Clinic across DPHC Scotland 🏅 Research Poster: Matthew Cain – Arboviruses in UK

💊 Timely Analysis exploring Social Prescribing in Military Medicine from Boulter et al. ▶️ Social prescribing = supporting individuals & signposting them to local services designed to support the person’s health & well-being ▶️ Defence SPs - contribute to improving the health

⚡ Check Out Our Recent Article: War and disaster are forcing a major rethink around mass casualty management ▶️ Management of mass casualty events is being researched at pace, bu work is typically independent & poorly coordinated. ▶️ This article provides a conceptual

✉️ Check out our recent #RapidResponse to our article exploring unintended pregnancy among US active-duty service women and the impact on Women Peace and Security objectives ▶️ Kinkaid and colleagues highlight related ongoing work in the UK setting, and similarities in barriers

Check out our recent #SystematicReview exploring Rehabilitation of Achilles and Patella Tendinopathy ▶️ N=143 studies included ▶️ Evidence supports loading based on functional capacity for both, with stronger support for a specific progressive tendon loading protocol for

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⚡ Hot off the press from our colleagues at BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 📝 Experiences of abortion in the UK Armed Forces: a cross-sectional survey ▶️ REDCap Survey with Snowball distribution - n=427 responses ▶️ 124 declared they previous abortion, with 102 (23.9%) being in service. n=12

⚡ Check Out Our Recent Editorial Providing an Overview of Suicide in the UK Armed Forces ▶️ Prediction is Difficult, Prevention is Complex, a Strategy and Plan now bring Critical Coherence 📝 Read More: bit.ly/3QTSdni

💊 Check Out Recent Work from Myers et al: Self-reported hormonal contraceptive use in the British Armed Forces ▶️ All Service Women in UKAF (n=14500) invited to participate with 23% participation rate (n=3395) ▶️ Hormonal contraceptives in use by 58% of servicewomen - most

👁️ Check out our recent publication focusing on UKAF use of Combat Eye Protection during Op Toral ▶️ Combat Eye Protection (CEP) has been demonstrated to protect the eyes and surrounding skin from small energised fragments ▶️ This survey (n=200) demonstrated excellent uptake of

🦠 Recent work from Kain and Colleagues exploring Arboviruses in UK Armed Forces ▶️ 107 suspected infections between 2005 & 2023 - 9 (45.8%) were laboratory-confirmed. Dengue Fever was the most common (n=49) ▶️ There is an urgent need to develop a Defence arboviral diagnostic