title: Special forces medicine in Israel: history and future direction.
abstract: The Special Forces (SF) of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) have a long and pioneering history in tactical and medical aspects. Moreover, the importance of medical assistance is highly regarded in the Israeli SF community. Consequently, as current military challenges of Israel increase, the need for SF activity and for its medical support increases as well. Therefore, the authors anticipate that further development of SF medicine (SFM), as a specific branch of military medicine in Israel, will continue.
authors.forename: Ishay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ostfeld
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paran
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yotam
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barneis
authors.forename: Uriel
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dreyfuss
authors.forename: Hagai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kedem
authors.forename: Elon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glassberg
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends