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Multilingual tactical combat casualty care card: a combined Japanese self defense force and US military project
  1. Joshua A Kotler1,2,
  2. S Edogawa3,
  3. S B Hughey2,4,
  4. E Yakushiji3,
  5. S Kikuchi3,
  6. H Kuroki3,
  7. J Cole2,5,
  8. A Brust2,6,
  9. K Checchi2,7,
  10. R Dee1 and
  11. A Lin2,8
  1. 1Office of the Surgeon's Office, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
  2. 2Naval Biotechnology Group, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
  3. 3JGSDF Medical Service School, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  4. 4Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
  5. 5Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
  6. 6Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, US Naval Hospital Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, USA
  7. 7Department of Surgery, US Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
  8. 8Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr S B Hughey; Scott.b.hughey.mil{at}health.mil

https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2024-002824

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    Multinational partnerships are a critical capability enabling effective logistic and combat service projection in distributed maritime operations. Effective communication and interoperability with Partner Force assets may optimise casualty evacuation and care.1 The value of multinational combined medical operations is typified by facilities like Camp Bastion Hospital in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.2 Camp Bastion Hospital demonstrated the feasibility of multinational staffing of an expeditionary medical facility along with the challenges that can arise from differences in military doctrine, cultural practice and communication gaps.3 Building from such experiences, the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) collaborated to design dual language documentation and materials for future medical collaboration.

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    • Contributors All authors contributed meaningfully to the execution of this project's development and the associated manuscript. The corresponding author is SH, and the first author is JK.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.