How do we fight COVID-19? Military medical actions in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic in France

Pierre Pasquier; A Luft; J Gillard; M Boutonnet; C Vallet; J-M Pontier; S Duron-Martinaud; A Dia; L Puyeo; F Debrus; B Prunet; S Beaume; G de Saint Maurice; E Meaudre; C Ficko; A Merens; G Raharisson; B Conte; F Dorandeu; F Canini; R Michel; S Ausset; J Escarment

doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001569

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How do we fight COVID-19? Military medical actions in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic in France

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Pierre Pasquier Percy Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Clamart, France Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Luft Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Gillard Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Boutonnet Percy Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Clamart, France Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Vallet Service Médical de la Force d'Action Navale, French Military Health Service, Toulon, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J-M Pontier Cephismer, Centre d'Expertise Plongée pour la Marine Nationale, French Military Health Service, Toulon, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Duron-Martinaud Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Dia Centre d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique des Armées, French Military Health Service, Marseille, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Puyeo Direction de la Médecine des forces, French Military Health Service, Tours, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Debrus Direction de la Médecine des forces, French Military Health Service, Tours, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B Prunet Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Emergency Department, Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Beaume Bataillon des Marins-Pompiers de Marseille, French Military Health Service, Marseille, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G de Saint Maurice Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Legouest Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Metz, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E Meaudre Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Sainte-Anne Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Toulon, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Ficko Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Bégin Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Saint-Mandé, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Merens Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Bégin Military Training Hospital, French Military Health Service, Saint-Mandé, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G Raharisson Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B Conte Direction des approvisionnements en produits de santé des armées, French Military Health Service, Orléans, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Dorandeu Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, French Military Health Service, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Canini Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, French Military Health Service, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Michel Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Écoles Militaires de Santé, French Military Health Service, Lyon-Bron, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Ausset Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France Écoles Militaires de Santé, French Military Health Service, Lyon-Bron, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Escarment Ecole du Val-de-Grâce French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France French Military Health Service, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Prof Pierre Pasquier, Percy military training hospital, French Military Health Service, Clamart 92140, France; pasquier9606{at}me.com

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Pasquier P, Luft A, Gillard J, et al

How do we fight COVID-19? Military medical actions in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic in France

BMJ Mil Health 2021;167:269-274.

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Received June 20, 2020
Revision received July 6, 2020
Accepted July 6, 2020
First published August 5, 2020.

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