PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-734
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 734
JANUARY 2014
58
PS 734
JAN 14
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Cold Weather Casualties and Injuries
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Related Sites
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Resource Materials
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Field Preventive Medicine
Advanced±Education
FM±3-05.70,±
Survival
FM±3-97.6,±
Mountain Operations
FM±31-70,±
Basic Cold Weather Manual
FM±31-71,±
Northern Operations
TB±MED±508,±
Prevention and
Management of Cold-Weather Injuries
TC±21-3,
Soldier’s Handbook for
Individual Operations and Survival in
Cold-Weather Areas
Winter
Safety…
Read Anything
Good
Lately?
PS
Issue
Number
Subject
Cold-weather quiz
Boots, socks, frostbite
Drying the extended cold-weather
clothing system (ECWCS) parka
Anti-contact gloves
Meals
ECWCS mittens, POL gloves,
frostbite
Socks
Desert camo parka
Anti-contact gloves
Cleaning clothes
CVC underwear
Special OPS clothing
Patching ECWCS
Washing underwear
Trigger finger mittens
Hood
Clothing facts
ECWCS water repellency
ECWCS underwear
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672
669
660
660
649
647
647
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636
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Story±Time±with±Half-Mast
Of course, don’t
forget to read the
winter articles in
back issues of
PS, the
Preventive Maintenance
Monthly.
Begin
your
education by reading
the following pubs found on the
Army Publishing Directorate
(APD) website:
For an advanced education, you’ll want to visit
the U.S. Army Public Health Command (PHC) website:
B
efore the
clouds
darken.
..
…B
efore the
wind
howls.
..
…B
efore the
snow
flies.
..
…B
efore the
temperature
plunges.
..
it’ll take
you to the
following
links…
These links
lead to a
variety of
documents
and training
aids about
the causes,
symptoms,
treatment
and
prevention
of injuries.
From the home page, click on Diseases and
Conditions. On the next screen, ScrOlL dowN
and click on cold injury prevention.
The following articles
are loaded with
information about
cold-weather clothing,
survival and personal
protection…
Or you can read the stories
online
at the
PS
website:
...you need to complete your winter education. if you’re
heading to mountains or snowfields this winter, you must
understand
the
dangers
posed by snow, ice, wind and cold.
You must
learn
to survive in frigid climates and
protect yourself against cold-weather injuries.
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