Medicina operativa : perspectiva na MB “Preparo do Subsistema de Medicina Operativa para o Pronto Emprego”

Abstract

The end of the Cold War resulted in a redistribution of global power that allowed the emergence of new threats to world peace and stability. As part of this process, the Armed Forces were compelled to reorganize themselves to best protect and proficiently meet the demands of their societies. The post-Cold War period was also marked by political instability and economic crises, with negative impacts on defense budgets. These adversities have resulted in compromised operational readiness of the Armed Forces of several countries, including some of the largest economies in the world, with Brazil among them. It is in this context full of new challenges and significant scarcity of financial resources that the Brazilian Navy Operational Medicine Subsystem began to be reformulated, notably from 2009, when the Navy Center for Operational Medicine was created. Despite the relative success achieved in Humanitarian Operations conducted in 2010 and 2011, shortly after the start of the Center's activities, it was at short notice perceived the long way ahead to achieve a better development of Naval Operational Medicine. There are undeniable advances made by the Navy Center for Operational Medicine throughout its history, having succeeded in numerous initiatives; however, there is a perception of the persistence of important obstacles to a better readiness of the Health Sector of the Operational Sector. The purpose of this document was to analyze the capabilities available in the Navy Operational Medicine Subsystem and to assess whether they are sufficient to ensure an operational readiness that meets the potential challenges aligned in the Brazilian Navy horizon. Deficiencies were found that represent important limitations for the readiness of the Navy Operational Medicines Subsystem