Awards, Reviews, Bibliography, Statistics and Comments Book

Awards

• Virtual Naval Hospital supported the following campaigns from 1996-2005:

  

  Operation Southern Watch - SW Asia Service Medal
  Operation Allied Force - Kosovo Campaign Medal
  Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan Campaign Medal
  Operation Iraqi Freedom - Iraq Campaign Medal
  Global War on Terror - Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  Humanitarian Operations - Humanitarian Service Medal

• August 2000 - The Department of the Navy Award for Knowledge Sharing - Outstanding Knowledge Expert System was given to the Virtual Naval Hospital.
• 2005 - Virtual Naval Hospital selected by Thomson Scientific for inclusion in Current Web Contents.

  

  Thomson Scientific Web Content Editors, following careful evaluation criteria, have identified your site as an important resource for researchers, scientists, and scholars...(it) is one of the most prestigious in its field.

• May 2006 - The American Telemedicine Association recognizes Virtual Naval Hospital for its contributions to telemedicine.

Reviews

• October 7, 2002 - Secretary of the Navy Gordon England visited the Virtual Naval Hospital and offered the following comments:

  "My view is that this project should continue to grow. It is something that is very useful to us...

  I expect this to grow. No matter where you are, the experts are with you. This is an important relationship and I would like to expand it.

  It's so important when doctors are in the field to be able to tie back to an expert source of knowledge. I believe this will continue to grow in scope and value."

• September 2002 - A PriceWaterhouseCoopers study of Federal Web sites, entitled "The State of Federal Web sites: The Pursuit of Excellence" found the US Navy Web site to be one of 5 sites given an "A-1" grade by the study, and specifically the Virtual Naval Hospital was singled out for mention amongst US Navy Web sites:

  "The Navy's award-winning web application, the Virtual Naval Hospital is a well-organized health promotion tool. Its digital library of training and reference materials helps members of the service who might need medical expertise while at isolated duty stations.

• December 2000 - Center for Naval Analyses - An independent evaluation by the Center for Naval Analyses found that Virtual Naval Hospital users like what they see and that the benefits of the Virtual Naval Hospital well exceed its costs as the Virtual Naval Hospital saves dollars, improves the quality of health care, and improves readiness.
• September 1999 - The Department of the Navy's Chief Information Officer named the Virtual Naval Hospital as one of the Navy's five "Success Stories" in the field of Knowledge Management.

Congressional Testimony

• David L. McClure Ph.D., Director Information Technology Management Issues, United States General Accounting Office - Testimony on Electronic Government before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, July 11, 2001.

  "Federal agencies have implemented, or are in the process of implementing a wide variety of e-government initiatives...in the last category (of initiatives) - "transformation" - the e-government initiative is expected to transform the way the government operates. For example, the Navy's Virtual Naval Hospital initiative provides a digital science library, and is designed to deliver expert medical information to providers and patients at the point of care."

• Harold M. Koening, Vice Admiral, Medical Corps - Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy - Testimony on Medical Issues before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, February 12, 1998.

  "The Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital health sciences library designed to provide naval health care providers access to current, authoritative information...thereby improving quality of care."

• 2008 - Virtual Naval Hospital officially adopted as the Medical Reference Library of the Canadian Forces Health Services

"...the contract with Stat Ref expired...In the meantime, you are invited to visit and consult the Virtual Naval Hospital web page."

• January 2003 - Textbook of Military Medicine - Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments - Volume 2 - Shipboard Medicine by CAPT Terrence Riley, MC, USN (retired)

"Although there are a few books on shipboard medicine, the US Navy's Virtual Naval Hospital constitutes a comprehensive digital library of medical information tailored to the Sea Service..."

• 2003 - Ship's Medicine Chest by Rear Admiral Joyce M. Johnson, USCG

"The breadth and scope of the available web-based information has changed the function of this book. For example, The Virtual Naval Hospital provides ready real-time on-line access to an entire medical library. Each person responsible for medical care at sea is strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Web site and the available references it provides long before there is a medical crisis. The midst of a medical emergency is not the time to begin exploring the contents of this valuable resource. The Virtual Naval Hospital provides detailed protocols and other information that is very useful in patient management and that is beyond the scope of this book."

• 2001 - The Rough Guide to Travel Health by Nick Jones

"The US Virtual Naval Hospital offers a wealth of advice on a broad spectrum of health problems."

• Medicine on the Net - August 2005

  "Many of the categories on this site are designed for military personnel but could be of interest to others in the medical field...This site was among the easiest to navigate and has a clear, uncluttered design."

• Current Psychiatry Reports - February 2005

  "This web site is an online health sciences library created in part for the United States Navy. However, several sections would be of interest to psychiatrists as a resource to refer other physicians, and for their own use...."

• Postgraduate Medicine - October 1, 2002

  "Virtual Naval Hospital offers excellent textbook information on the (chemical warfare) agents..."

• The Lancet - September 7, 2002

  "An excellent portal site with a comprehensive section on biological, chemical and nuclear warfare and radiation safety. Also of interest are sections on medical intelligence and planning and handheld computer medical resources."

• American Journal of Surgery, March 2000

  "Amid the ever increasing "for profit" pages of the World Wide Web is a refreshingly simple look at surgery done the military way...This simple but effective Web page is a delight to visit. It is a refreshing change from the newer, glitzy, elaborately designed Web pages with a product to sell or advertise. Surgeons interested in trauma, history, or the military will likely visit this page time and again."

• Military Medicine - March, 2000

  "One of the premier web sites in the military is the Virtual Naval Hospital..."

• British Medical Journal - July 24, 1999

  "The United States Navy has produced a content-rich site called the Virtual Naval Hospital. It is a gateway of hypertext links to substantial resources that could be useful to an isolated medic in the middle of a crisis or conflict..."

• Medicine on the Net - January 1999

  "The various documents at the Virtual Naval Hospital site cover a full range of medical problems as well as health promotion topics..."

• April 2005 - E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals by Joseph Tan

  "One of the best examples of the marraige of IT and health care has been undertaken in the US armed forces, and one successful component of this union is the US Navy's Virtual Naval Hospital."

• May 2003 - Virtual Naval Hospital was featured as a case study in the textbook "Capital Intelectual y Aprendizaje Organizativo - Nuevos Desafios para la Empresa" (Intellectual Capital and Organizational Learning - New Challenges for the Company) published by the Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion.

• Navy Newsstand October 16, 2002- BUMED's Virtual Naval Hospital Wows SECNAV

  "Secretary of the Navy Gordon England visited the source of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's Virtual Naval Hospital earlier this week, praising it as a valuable tool that can advise naval healthcare providers on anything from the malaria risks in Afghanistan to heart problems common to fighter pilots."

• Chips, the Navy's information technology magazine - Summer 2000 (PDF File)

  "The Virtual Naval Hospital minimizes variation of medical processes as the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery can ensure quality materials and the best information to the user."

• All Hands, the Magazine of the U.S. Navy - March 2000

  "If you log onto the Virtual Naval Hospital at http://www.vnh.org, you'll find what you're looking for and much more."

• All Hands, the Magazine of the U.S. Navy - June 1998

  "The Virtual Naval Hospital is an easy way to keep an up-to-date medical first aid and information book around your home."

• The Consumer Health Information Source Book - 2000

  "A particularly vibrant part...is the "Information for Patients." The section on "Health Promotion" is also exemplary."

• The Internet for Physicians, Second Edition, 1999

  "Library of authoritative medical info covering health issues pertinent to naval service..."

Bibliography

• D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Hendrix MJC, Bakalar RS. The Virtual Naval Hospital: A Digital Library for Naval Primary Care Providers and Patients. Military Medicine 1998: 163 (11): 775-780.
• D'Alessandro DM, D'Alessandro MP, Hendrix MJC, Bakalar RS. Information Needs of Naval Primary Care Providers and Patients at Sea. Military Medicine 1999; 164(2): 127-131.
• D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Bakalar RS, Ashley DE, Hendrix MJC. The Virtual Naval Hospital - Lessons Learned in Creating and Operating a Digital Health Sciences Library for Nomadic Patrons. [Online Journal] D-Lib Magazine, the Magazine of Digital Library Research - May 1999; 5 (5). Reston, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, May 1999. [rev. 17 May 1999, cited 19 May 1999]. Available from Internet: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may99/05dalessandro.html
• D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Bakalar RS, Ashley DE, Hendrix MJC. The Virtual Naval Hospital: The Digital Library as Knowledge Management Tool for Nomadic Patrons. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2005; 93(1): 16-20, January 2005. Available from the Internet at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=545115
• Stoloff PH, D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Bakalar RS. Promoting Health and Improving Health Care in a Cost Effective Manner Through a Military Digital Library. Military Medicine 2006; 171(1): 74-79.

Statistics

• 1997 - 94,041 pages read (page hits) from 27,045 users (visitors).
• 1998 - 582,514 pages read (page hits) from 183,711 users (visitors). There were 161 links to the home page.
• 1999 - 1,833,294 pages read (page hits) from 513,469 users (visitors). There were 704 links to the home page.
• 2000 - 3,019,570 pages read (page hits) from 811,970 users (visitors). There were 240 links to the home page.
• 2001 - 4,347,649 pages read (page hits) from 1,189,322 users (visitors). There were 3,320 links to the home page.
• 2002 - 4,845,626 pages read (page hits) from 1,407,893 users (visitors). There were 3,490 links to the home page.
• 2003 - 7,304,269 pages read (page hits) from 1,597,561 users (visitors). There were 955 links to the home page.
• 2004 - 4,386,602 pages read (page hits) from 1,409,424 users (visitors). There were 551 links to the home page.
• 2005 - 4,374,235 pages read (page hits) from 1,550,371 users (visitors). There were 441 links to the home page.
• 2006 - 319,736 pages read (page hits) from 163,734 users (visitors).
• 2007 - 218,780 pages read (page hits) from 116,297 users (visitors).
• 2008 - 147,118 pages read (page hits) from 82,413 users (visitors).
• 2009 - 79,178 pages read (page hits) from 47,836 users (visitors).
• 2010 - 74,011 pages read (page hits) from 48,446 users (visitors).
• 2011 - 69,609 pages read (page hits) from 48,653 users (visitors).
• 2012 - 43,326 pages read (page hits) from 34,069 users (visitors).

Comments

• March 3, 2012 - "I want to thank you again, for curating the VNH site. Over many years and in many a hell-hole I have relied on your works reference material and have foreign colleagues use it and depend on it extensively! From Pityriasis rosea to gangrene you have stood me in good stead. Many Tx for a job very well done." - C.B.

• August 4, 2011 - "Thank you, many times over, for thinking up the idea and maintaining it long after BUMED and the government gave up on it. And please, keep up the great work you guys do!" - HMC D.Z., USN (ret)
• March 25, 2011 - "Invaluable resource, (I use the) guides / standards, (I like the) ease of access, keep up with updates...The site is needed." - HM1(EXW) C.W., USN
• March 2, 2010 - "I use your site for teaching and instruction to patients on sick parade here in Canada I also use it as a reference when teaching solders about environmental hazards. I also use it to reference issues my children have." - MCPL M.V. (Canadian Forces Medical Technician)
• January 8, 2010 - "Thanks for continuing this valuable service. Thanks again for the great work on the sites. I know lots of people use them, either online or on CD. It's a big help." - CAPT J.C., USN
• September 28, 2009 - "I have used the Virtual Naval Hospital in my previous profession as medic for an offshore oil production facility and now surf thru it every so often since I have been in school. I am so happy that you keep it updated. I wanted to just drop a note to say thank you for keeping it updated." - R.W., (Physician assistant student)
• September 26, 2009 - "I've used this site for years in very isolated places/outback and offshore. I am a Civilian/NGO adviser...Many thanks for your dedication to curating this site." - C.B.
• July 16, 2009 - "All the very best to you and thank you for harnessing the power of the Internet and bringing medicine into the hands of many." - CDR R.B., USN (ret)
• June 23, 2009 - "I am a nurse practioner. I use the Virtual Naval Hospital as a personal reference tool and as a resource in teaching nurse practioners'. The military focus is a familiar format and source for me, I enjoy researching topics here. Thanks for the great reference tool!" - Major SS, USAFR (ret)
• October 23, 2008 - "Great resource. Thanks. I think you should add the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal too!" - CAPT. R.F., USN (ret)
• July 21, 2008 - "Thank you for all of your work in the distribution of medical information." - W.M.
• December 2, 2007 - "Thank you for making these references available." - L.W., M.D., Veterans Administration
• November 8, 2007 - "What a great and valuable program. It's wonderful for those of us who are in remote areas yet are required to maintain the knowledge held in this book." - D.T.
• November 3, 2007 - "I like...to pick up some pictures from the courses...to paste them in my own courses I provide to the crew of the ship on which I work. Thanks a lot." - LCDR B.Z., Ship's Surgeon, Tunisian Navy
• September 12, 2007 - "Thanks for the tremendous resource this site represents. I work on adult and child maltreatment issues, etc. and often find a need to better understand medical information Ð your site is a big help." - P.F.
• July 12, 2007 - "Very good resource!" - HM1(FMF) M.F., USN
• January 22, 2007 - "I love the site and have downloaded quite a bit from it...find it hugely beneficial, and hope that it never goes away." - D.S. (HM1(FMF)/Ret. and current nursing student)
• December 17, 2006 - "Your Web site is superb." - M.A., M.B.B.S. (Orthopedics Resident), England
• October 26, 2006 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital is an immeasurable resource of good medical literature, for us here is a great source of articles and information." - W.A., M.D., (Medical coordinator of state of Goias Fire Department), Brazil
• October 12, 2006 - "I have used the Virtual Naval Hospital for many years as a resource several times a week in my civilian duties. I have used the Virtual Naval Hopsital for NBC warfare information in my military duties. I liked the VNH primarily because it was one source to go to for evaluations of all my medical questions. I could look at evaluation/treatment options from the immediate triage/life-saving to scientific studies regarding treatment options, peer-reviewed studies and journal articles." - W.T. (Physicians' Assistant and ANG officer (retired)
• October 3, 2006 - "During my tenure as an IDC the Virtual Naval Hospital was an invaluable asset to my daily functions, and continues to help to this very day." - HM1 M.D., USN
• June 20, 2006 - "Find it a great reference, thanks for the good resource keep up the good work." - R.S., Australia
• June 2, 2006 - "I use your site for reference. It's great!" - HM1 S.S., USN
• April 28, 2006 - "Virtual Naval Hospital is part of my knowledge base that I use regularly as an AF flight surgeon. It is a fantastic resource. I have used it for deployment planning, for personal travel and information, medical briefings, and training. I like the fact that it is universally useful for all branches of the military, and civilians. The Navy has been the best innovator of virtual medical information for the field." - LTC B.W, USAF
• April 17, 2006 - "I have used it extensively for years, referred hundreds of students and Navy Medical department members to it...This site does exactly what someone who can't carry around a ton of textbooks needs and makes the jobs of thousands of corpsmen and other military professionals work a little easier especially in deployed platforms." - CDR A.M., NC, USN
• March 31, 2006 - "I often use VNH as a handy reference tool (I am a Navy health care administrator, educator, and operational planner)." - CDR D.G., MSC, USN
• March 7, 2006 - "I don't have a lot of reference books here in Naples, Italy so I am really happy to find your site which gives me updated and useful first aid information." - L.W., USN
• February 20, 2006 - "I love this site. I am prior service but studying as an NP student and found this site helpful...I love being able to get a quick run down of a topic. I love the available resources." - A.M., MSN, RN, CNN
• February 12, 2006 - "Appreciate all of the great work that you've done on this project." - CAPT F.B., MC, USN
• February 11, 2006 - "I have always found VNH a very useful tool for my advancement studies and medical information in general." - HM2 J.Y., USN
• February 11, 2006 - "Thank you very much for your efforts." - LTC M.N., New York Air National Guard
• February 10, 2006 - "We appreciate your hard work over the last nine years. The service that you provided was valuable to many." - J.P., Medical Librarian, USN
• February 10, 2006 - "Thanks for all of your hard work and energy." - D.M., NC, USN
• February 1, 2006 - "Fantastic resource; as an ex-navy corpsman it is fun to reconnect...I recommend this site to any medical student or allied health professionals." - M.S., R.R.T, R.C.P.
• January 18, 2006 - "I used it a lot and I think it is (was) an invaluable resource & asset to us all, not only to Navy people but to other branches as well. No where else could one find all the references that were listed in it." - HM1(FMF) P.D., USN
• January 18, 2006 - "This site has been a cornucopia of information, for both military and civillian providers. Many an HM, looking to advance have visited this site...I have sent many a promising provider to this site for reference and learning, in my travels." - HM J.K, USNR
• January 15, 2006 - "I just wanted to say thank you to all your years of service running VNH. It has helped me advance to the rank of HM2 and hopefully, the information I've taken from the VNH will assist me not only in advancement, but also in my job as a Hospital Corpsman...It's really sad that the Navy couldn't assist in keeping this website up and running, as it has helped out so many. Thank you once again for all your time and effort, from this sailor, it was truly appreciated." - HM2(SW/AW) J.H., USN
• January 13, 2006 - "Your site is excellent. I am sorry the Navy chose not to fund it. You are truly a valuable resource." - CDR J.M., USN
• January 11, 2006 - "An incredible resource. I recommend it any health care professional involved in emergency services. In the new age of terrorism, all civilian health care facilities should have this site bookmarked as part of their educational resources." - J.G., CHT, RN, US Army Combat Medical Specialist (ret)
• January 10, 2006 - "I served as a hospital corpsman and when I got out, I worked where I could with my many qualifications, leading me to become a college instructor. I refreshed myself and supplemented my lectures greatly with this site. I put it up on the board at the beginning of each course so that my students had access to the awesome site." - R.G., USN (ret)
• January 6, 2006 - "I have used Virtual Naval Hospital for both study purposes for my personal advancement exam and for documentation support for my command. As the Navy has pushed for a paperless Navy, your site has been a virtually indispensable." - HM2 M.R., USN
• January 4, 2006 - "I love Virtual Naval Hospital and have been using it as a training tool for my sailors and myself for years. In addition, it is a wonderful guide and resource in my civilian capacity with the Department of hte Navy." - HMCS T.C., USNR
• January 1, 2006 - "I am from the US and served 8 years in the USN from 1992 - 2000...I am a civilian medic working in Afghanistan. I have a very small clinic that I operate and I see mostly the international staff I have working with me. Being a National Registered Paramedic gives me a very good background in Emergency Medicine but the VNH website opened doors to the more "clinical" side that I am not familiar with. I had your site placed as my Homepage and I accessed it at least once a day...if not more. I loved the format because it made life so simple looking for information about certain disease processes and treatments. It was like having a "one stop" mega mall of info. I would access familiar texts that I had grown used to while serving on active duty and gained a few more more "favorites" as I dove into the more complex items of clinical medicine...Thank you for all of the assistance in the past....you sure made a difference in my patient's outcomes." - D.T., Herat, Afghanistan
• November 15, 2005 - "This site is full of very useful information." DCCS(SW/AW) P.D., USN
• November 1, 2005 - "I am a Nigerian Army Officer in Sudan for an African Union Mission. Your publications have tremendously guided me...and have polished my field experience. It is really helping me carry out my duties as the Regimental Medical Officer." - CAPT A.A., Nigerian Army
• October 30, 2005 - "This website is very helpful and is vast in material. I am using this not only as a learning tool but also to help me in advancement to the next paygrade." - HM3 B.W, USN
• October 14, 2005 - "I just love the information on your site." - CT1 S.B., USN
• September 14, 2005 - "Thank you for all the work you're doing in the hope of saving as many lives as we can in war and peace time duty." - Chief Warrant Officer G.G., Canadian Forces
• September 9, 2005 - "Very nice source of info." - LT J.S., USN
• September 7, 2005 - "I like most of your articles because they are concise." - Colonel N.R., M.D., Dominican Republic Army
• August 21, 2005 - "Great set of limited (good thing!) resources logically grouped." - Australian Department of Defence Library
• August 9, 2005 - "I really like this website. There is a lot of useful information here." - HN S.H., USN
• July 13, 2005 - "I am a sailor studying for advancement...(Virtual Naval Hospital) is a helpful study site." - HM C.B., USN
• July 11, 2005 - "The Canadian Forces have continuously been referring to your Internet site. Thanks a lot for your time and dedication. It is really appreciated." - Major J.F., Canadian Forces
• July 11, 2005 - "I can depend on the Virtual Naval Hospital for many items needed for daily reference, and for training material. I am greatful that I was told about it so I can utilize it." - HM A.D., USN
• July 8, 2005 - "Thanks for the most amazing web site." - Lt G.B., South African Army
• July 5, 2005 - "Thank you for such a great web site (it) has really helped out." - HM2(FMF) S.S., USN
• July 1, 2005 - "Congrats on an awesome Web site." - Lt. G.B., South African National Defense Force
• June 29, 2005 - "I am the training officer for Fallujah Surgical, Camp Fallujah, Iraq. I have some motivated corpsmen that would like to become certified sick call screeners. (I like the) Classes available for me to give to corpsmen here to continue with training. - LCDR V.T.
• May 22, 2005 - "Great resource!" - CAPT C.N. MC, USN
• May 16, 2005 - "I am currently deployed with my F-16 squadron from Kunsan Korea and I use the Virtual Naval Hospital Web site all the time." - CAPT E.D., USAF
• May 10, 2005 - "I am a Pharmacist in the Canadian Military and was recently given a link to your site from a colleague of mine. After spending some time going through the site I was very impressed by the depth of topics and coverage. Again excellent website and keep up the great work." - Captain S.M., Canadian Army
• May 6, 2005 - "At Naval Medical Center Portsmouth we have continuing deployments. It has been very helpful to our deploying medical personnel to have copies of VNH available (on CD-ROM) for distribution. We have been distributing these since the first deployments to Afganistan. Returning personnel have commented on their use of the CDs in the field for patient care and ongoing training." - J.P., Library Services, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
• April 23, 2005 - "Easy place for me to find all publications that I need for work." - A.K.
• April 11, 2005 - "Easy to navigate with interesting topics." - Advanced Clinical Medic P.L., Royal Australian Navy (retired).
• April 6, 2005 - "I am a 4th year General Surgery resident at Naval Medical Center SanDiego...A previously deployed, recently returned surgeon from our department just gave a presentation regarding his experience in Iraq operating on our troops and described how invaluable the CD was." - LCDR S.V., MC, USN
• March 17, 2005 - "The quality of information, the content and the professionalism that goes into the "final product" is OUTSTANDING...!!!!" - B.S., U.S. D.O.D
• March 10, 2005 - "The information is very concise and to the point. I have been able to reference VNH on too numerous occasions while working overseas. A great reference guide for those of us that are aviation and military medicine professionals." - B.S.
• March 2, 2005 - "Very few websites have deployment oriented material, especially for the deploying provider. Your site is one of the best I've seen." - Major T.R., USA
• February 14, 2005 - "It is the only useful source of information on all aspects of Malaria diagnosis and treatment." - I.C., Ministry of Defence, U.K.
• February 10, 2005 - "Excellent service and great resource." - HM1 S.W., USN
• February 8, 2005 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital is very important for the military doctor, when (we) have difficult situations and adversity." - Captain C.F., Brazilian Navy
• February 7, 2005 - "This is the first site that deals with military medicine that I have used and find very good...Keep up the good work. - HM (retired) D.L., USN
• January 16, 2005 - "I have had to refer to this web site many times over the years. Thank you all so much!" - HMC(FMF) N.S., USN
• January 11, 2005 - "Great to have all these resources so handy and portable on CD!" - LTC T.S., USA
• January 5, 2005 - "Thank you very much for this valuable resource being available." - LTC R.S., USA
• January 4, 2005 - "(I like the) accessiblity and incredible range of topics...Keep up the good work!" - CAPT P.L., USN, (ret)
• January 1, 2005 - "Concise diagnosis and treatment guidance, excellent training supplement. As a civilan paramedic serving in Iraq i find my training needs clinical supplimentation to bring me up to combat medic training levels." - J.S.
• December 30, 2004 - "This website is great. Thank you for the easy access to great information." - DT2 M.V., USN
• December 22, 2004 - "This is a good training recourse for Corpsmen to use at any FMF level and unit." - HM(FMF) R.R., USN
• December 22, 2004 - "l love the programme, it is quite informative." - HM3 O.J., USN
• December 15, 2004 - "The website has a lot of the files that i use on a daily basis." - S.A., USA
• December 15, 2004 - "You have an extensive and almost overwhelming reference of medical information. Virtually anything that anyone needs to know about medicine is enclosed on this website." - P.M., USMC
• December 11, 2004 - "This website is fantastic, I've used it as a reference many times." - HM3 M.R., USN
• November 8, 2004 - "As a medical planner in the Army, the website is a reliable tool when I have connectivity. Thank you." - Major W.K., USA
• November 5, 2004 - "I love this site. Thank you." - HM3(FMF) J.U.
• October 21, 2004 - "Great resource. Nice job. Thanks." - Major E.G., USA
• October 4, 2004 - "I am a Air Guard IDMT(similar to an IDC) at a remote site who has found you training materials to be a fabulous review. Thank you!" - TSgt D.E., USANG
• September 9, 2004 - "Thanks so much for placing such a valuable resource for all to freely access. Keep up the good work! WELL DONE." - R.S., Australia
• August 27, 2004 - "Concise, complete." - Col. R.C., MC, USAF
• July 31, 2004 - "Good source for many important miliary medical references. Well done." - LTC M.C., USA
• July 12, 2004 - "Thank you for your time and trouble. I have found this resource to be invaluable in my work as attending neuropsychiatrist serving our pre- and post-deployment service members, and orienting those about to deploy within the medical department (Navy and Army)." - R.P., M.D.
• June 25, 2004 - "The materials are unsurpassed for not only review, but in preparation for continuing education." - HM3 M.C., USN (ret)
• June 17, 2004 - "Great resource, succinct format." - J.M., Ph.D.
• June 6, 2004 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital web site is an excellent resource." - RM2 A.B., USN
• May 18, 2004 - "I currently work as a Weapons of Mass Destruction Engineer under a government contract for the Department of Homeland Security. Your Web Page on Chemical weapons is outstanding!" - C.H.
• May 15, 2004 - "There is a world of knowledge on this Web site and even while underway I still go to it for information." - HS2 B.V., USCG
• May 11, 2004 - "This...has been my one and only reference everywhere I've traveled...Thanks for all the hard work in providing us with one great source of reference. It beats logging all those books around." - HM2 T.M., USN
• May 6, 2004 - "Your website and books are of great use. It has allowed me to improve my knowledge in a way that helps me in my duties as a reservist, and prepare me for future deployments." - HM2 J.O, USN
• May 2, 2004 - "Thanks for providing such a great service!" - HM2(FMF) B.S., USN
• April 27, 2004 - "You are into a very great work. Please keep it up. God bless you." - J.O., Nigeria
• April 25, 2004 - "Easy to read, simple to understand, excellent resource for teaching." - J.C., British Army
• April 24, 2004 - "I am a Physician Assistant and have found your Web site very helpful and informative." CPT J.C., USA
• April 3, 2004 - "Awesome project!" - LCDR B.O., USN
• March 24, 2004 - "I consider your program be to an extremely useful asset to my staff." - HM1(FMF) E.T., USN
• January 23, 2004 - "I have found the site to be very helpful_.keep it going!!! I used it often while in the military and still use it in civilian practice." - M.M.
• January 1, 2004 - "It's everything i needed to know all rolled up in one!" - D.L., USN
• December 31, 2003 - "Thank You - it is a tremendous asset." - R.S., Canada
• December 11, 2003 - "It is a great piece of work!" - Major C.L., USA
• December 7, 2003 - "I find the information very helpful and well laid out. I serve on sort-term medical mission trips and have found VNH to be an excellent resource while abroad. eMedicine is a good resource but I find Virtual Naval Hospital to be easier to use." - J.S.
• November 26, 2003 - "It is simply a wonderful, useful educational site. Having few free resources to get information to teach our cadets , this site is a Godsend" - R.L., United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• November 16, 2003 - "Good source for detailed information regarding military medical administrative procedures. Good study guide for advancement test for HM." - K.L., USN
• November 13, 2003 - "A very useful resource for all Military Health providers." - A.B., Royal Australian Navy
• November 11, 2003 - "Terrific resource." - B.A, M.D.
• October 20, 2003 - "It is the most extensive list of practical links and medical information for the operational medical provider and field medical provider. The Navy does the best job of providing down and dirty field medical training and advice. Honestly the navy corpsmen are the best overall and this site reflets how the navy gets medical care to its sailors and marines. By the way I have been an both an army and now air force flight surgeon. I intend to use some of the training modules to train my medics." - B.W., M.D, USAF
• October 19, 2003 - "We use (Virtual Naval Hospital) as a guideline and consider of great utility for fast practical consulting and medical personal training." - Lt. Col. L.P-G., Spanish Navy
• October 17, 2003 - "Just stumbled on this site. I am a former Navy medical Officer (CDR USNR) with 11 years active duty. I did my operational tour as a submarine/diving medical officer with COMSUBRON 18 in Charleston, SC from 1979-1981. Boy, do I wish I had this then. I love the large doses of good old fashion common sense that grace much of the material. Bravo Zulu to the folks who compiled this. - M.S., M.D.
• October 15, 2003 - "You are doing a great job. Without this site I would have gotten out. As a reservist you end up training yourself alot of the time." - HM3 D.C., USNR
• September 10, 2003 - "(I like the)...ease of use and compilation of an entire resource centre for military medicine." - CDR K.H, MC, USN
• September 3, 2003 - "I think that VNH is very informative in the fact that each section is explained in great detail. Also the information given is very well organized so, it made it easy for me to find what I was looking for." - B.W.
• August 31, 2003 - "I had questions about malaria and I checked other websites and did not get answers but on your site I did. I got malaria 2 months ago while in africa and knew nothing about it. Thank you for answering my questions about malaria. People here in Canada are so ignorant when it comes to this disease." - J.J., Canada
• August 26, 2003 - "It is a vast oasis of readily accessable material that saves space aboard medical departments on Military Sealift Command ships. The site is easily navigated." - R.H., R.N., MSC
• August 7, 2003 - "I give patient's this web address when I am teaching them how to look for reputable medical sites on the Internet." - LCDR D.G., NC, USN
• August 7, 2003 - "Thank you very much for sharing such valuable & organised data with a layman like me. It was a very educating experience. May GOD bless your endeavours." - T.G., India
• August 6, 2003 - "(I like the) breadth of information available." - S.S., USN
• August 4, 2003 - "I love all the information you provide on your website." - 1LT M.S, USA
• July 26, 2003 - "Very good presentation of relevant info in a concise manner." - J.L., MD, PhD, MPH
• July 19, 2003 - "The information that is on this web site is wonderful." - S.S., NREMT-P
• July 1, 2003 - "Easy to find information that is up to date." - V.S., R.N.
• June 14, 2003 - "I am a Canadian medic preparing to deploy to Afghanastan in July and often reference your site for medical info, it is an awesome site." - MCpl K.K., Canadian Army
• June 13, 2003 - "This is the best thing since sliced bread!! Every health care professional should have one of these." - HMCS(SW/AW/FMF) B.P., USN
• June 9, 2003 - "Concise information of value to students and cadre." - M.H., Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center Library
• May 26, 2003 - "I am working abroad and needed some information that may have taken months to get from the channels that I was aware of. Surfed the "Net and found your site via a encyclopedia reference. Answered the question and then some. I retired from the USN in early 80's this would have been an amazing tool then and is certainly a life-saving tool now. My nomination of a "Meritorious Service Award" and a Thanks from all the men and women servicing with pride in the Meducal Department of the U.S. Navy." - HMCM C.G., USN(ret)
• May 23, 2003 - "The program is incredible. I am trained by the U.S. Navy and U.S.A.F. in combat and dive medicine. I find the program very, very helpful and informative. It is a very strong resource with my work development." - B.S.
• May 13, 2003 - "Very helpful for medical students..." - S.R., Sri Lanka
• May 1, 2003 - "Very nice source of information on emergency medicine, especially ocular injuries." - S.B.
• April 14, 2003 - "I have just returned from the Gulf War...the Virtual Naval Hospital CD ROM...is truly a very valuable text for reference for us serving in the Armed Forces. I served with 33 Field Hospital and we were based at Camp Coyote in Kuwait...Virtual Naval Hospital is comprehensive and (I) will use it on all deployments.I am going to Bosnia next. I can readily find answers to the military medical problems in Virtual Naval Hospital which I cannot find elsewhere." - B.B., M.B.B.S., British Army
• April 4, 2003 - "First, the site is well organized and very informative. Actually it is a great resource and teaching tool." - L.R.
• February 28, 2003 - "It is an excellent textbook. I am a student taking a Bioterrorism course and it is very helpful." - D.A.
• February 25, 2003 - "There is so much information. I can always find an answer to any question." - HM3 R.C., USN
• February 22, 2003 - "It has provided with the information I look for in relation to military medicine...Simply Brilliant..." - Colonel B.B., Royal Army Medical Corp, Great Britain.
• January 20, 2003 - "Thank You for the wealth of information" - HM2 J.A., USN
• December 19, 2002 - "It is an excellent site." - P.B., Ireland
• December 3, 2002 - "As a First Aid Instructor in the private sector, I wish to compliment your organisation on providing a most informative and easy to navigate website...Thank you for having it available as an invaluable reference tool." - D.A., Australia
• December 1, 2002 - "It is an excellent, well-organized page." - E.S., USA
• October 26, 2002 - "I have found much of the information on your website to be very useful over the years." - COL H.W., USA
• October 25, 2002 - "All of us appreciate the effort you and your team put forth to maintain the VNH as a valuable resource for us out in the fleet." - LT E.W., MC, USN - 1st Marine Division
• October 25, 2002 - "Once again I was most impressed with the level of your work." - LCDR M.M., Hellenic Navy
• September 26, 2002 - "I have found it a valuable resource when researching industrial injury response. The information is well-presented and logically organized." - W.F.
• September 23, 2002 - "You are putting out a great product." - HSC T.M., USCG
• August 12, 2002 - "Great site! I needed info quickly about wet bulb globe temperature. Your site is well constructed and quickly responsive. As a former Army physician, congratulations!" - C.F., M.D.
• 06/04/02 - "Outstanding Web site." - LT B.S., USN
• 05/24/02 - "As a retired HMC I was pleased to see this site. Keep up the good work!" - HMC P.C., USN (retired)
• 05/15/02 - "Warehouse of information." - HM3 J.A., USN
• 05/09/02 - "Very nicely done, well organized. Easy to find stuff." - CPT E.V., US Army
• 04/10/02 - "Great site for info in these new times of terrorism." -Col A.F., US Army (ret.)
• 04/03/02 - "I'm a young urologist and medical navy officer and I appreciate a lot your digital library." - LT A.C., Italian Navy
• 03/28/02 - "I am the Warrant Officer (Training) at the Institute of Naval Medicine involved in the continuous medical education of Royal Navy Medical Branch Ratings. I regularly use your excellent web site to ensure commonality of training between our respective Armed Forces especially in the areas of Primary Care." - R.C., RN, England
• 03/06/02 - " Very well done articles and accessible." - LTC V.W., MC, USAFR
• 03/04/02 - "Virtual Naval Hospital is an awesome resource." - HMC/DV M.C., USN
• 03/01/02 - "This program is a wealth of info.." - HMC R.A., USN
• 02/28/02 - "It's easy to use and very informative. I particularly like the administration section because it lists recent updates to applicable publications/instructions." - J.P., R.N., USN
• 02/19/02 - "I find your web site to be very interesting and informative." - S.L., M.D. - Russian Navy (ret.)
• 02/19/02 - "I found it as an ex-Royal Navy Medical Man very interesting, and highly useful. Instead of having to read up volumes of books, look up many sites, all is found within the VNH site." - D.B., Royal Navy (retired)
• 01/31/02 - "What a great site! I wish we had this when I was on active duty." - LT J.S., MSC, USN (ret)
• 01/10/02 - "Great Site!" - HMCS(AW/FMF) R.R., USN (ret.)
• 01/04/02 - "Thanks for all your efforts in conceptualizing and preparing the CD, as well as getting it to the fleet." - CDR J.T., MC, USN
• 12/13/01 - "Outstanding place to find numerous resources consolidated into one location." - HM3 N.T., USN
• 11/23/01 - "Very easy to navigate and deals with the nitty gritty day to day as well as field trauma, it is very easy to read quickly to look for highlights as a aid to memory." - Cpl M.J., Canadian Army
• 11/16/01 - "Great research source for the NBC threat." - Col A.F., USAF (ret)
• 11/08/01 - "Firstly, may I congratulate you on a truly excellent site. I am a Combat Medical Technician serving in the British Army and was directed to your website by a colleague who was impressed with both the quality and quantity of information available. Having browsed the site I will also be recommending that friends and medical colleagues bookmark it. A frequent internet user, I have never come across a military (or other) medical site that is so comprehensive, informative and relevant to my job - many of the topics covered are directly relevant to my war and peacetime roles in 207 Field Hospital - and it would be an invaluable reference point throughout my continued training and development as a medic." - Pte L.S., England
• 11/05/01 - "Your work with the Virtual Naval Hospital has proven invaluable in trying to assemble pages about bioterrorism and biological warfare and what to do with the agents thereof." - S.F.
• 11/03/01 - "Fantastic to have this available to the public, and especially those of us trying to get this information to our peers." - G.B., M.D.
• 10/23/01 - "I think this is a great website!!!" - LT A.L., USN
• 10/14/01 - "This is becoming one of the best available tools that we've been able to get our hands on as Reservists. In all honesty, this has been one of the best available tools I've used even during my 11 years of active duty." - HMC (SW/FMF) R.M., USN
• 10/12/01 - "Excellent resource for the field. This has to be a great boon to the field or shipboard Corpsman." - HMC K.S., USN (ret)
• 10/12/01 - "Thanks for all of your hard work on this project. It's an excellent resource and one of Navy Medicine's real success stories." - CAPT F.B., MC, USN
• 10/10/01 - "Great product............many thanks." - CAPT B.N, MC, USNR
• 10/09/01 - "Thank you for your outstanding product!" - MAJ T.P, MC, USAF
• 10/05/01 - "It is an outstanding resource!!" - LCDR T.W., MC, USN
• 10/03/01 - "The VHN is a great help to us out here in the military. We need such media to help us as we deploy. Thank you for your vision and work on the VNH. We use it often." - SSgt P.A., USMC
• 09/21/01 - "The troops and I here in the Gulf thank you." - LT M.S., MC, USN
• 09/13/01 - "Amazing anount of knowledge, well thought out easy to navigate." - Cpl M.J., Canadian Army
• 09/12/01 - "Very well organized, well resourced, and printable. I will use several items for training and reference in my facility. As an ex-corpsman I miss some of the books I use to have access to. This is great." - HM D.W., USN (ret)
• 09/04/01 - "I just wanted to let you know that I find this sight very helpful. I wish it would have been in exsistence when I was on active duty. Thanks for the great job." - HM1 P.C., USN (retired).
• 08/22/01 - "I am interested in your Virtual Naval Hospital. I have found it in the Internet and it seems to be very useful for doctors, especially working in the army." - CAPT W.K., Polish Army
• 08/21/01 - "Thanks again for putting together such a great product! A friend of mine has used the material to help the members of our unit prepare for advancement exams. I can't thank you enough for contributing to the continued advancement of military medicine." - HM1 O.R., USN
• 08/20/01 - " Having been a hospital corpsman for 8 years, I was used to the direct, easy to understand information available for making patient assessments, so now that I am a civlian and working as a medical assistant, it has proven very valuable for "brushing up" on patient care history and observation." - G.F., USN (ret)
• 08/19/01 - "I'm an Instructor at Fort Sam Houston / Camp Bullis. I've been accessing the website for about a year now, particulary for HM1 study bibs. Very impressed by the quality of it and especially it's content. Keep up the good work!" - HM2(FMF) P.J.D., USN
• 08/02/01 - "I think it is a very good resource." - HM2(FMF) J.S., USN
• 07/31/01 - "Thanks for helping us take better care of our patients." - MAJ F.P., NC, USA
• 07/28/01 - "Thanks for putting out such a great product." - HM1 O.R., USN
• 07/20/01 - "Keep up the great product..." - CDR J.D., MC, USN
• 07/11/01 - "This program is the nicest thing I have come across in the seventeen years I have been in the service as a former Naval corpsmen for the Marine Corps and now a Coast Guard corpsmen, this program is a dream come true. - S.T., USCG
• 07/10/01 - "VNH has been a valuable asset and is a great step forward in keeping information up to date and as a central information location - J.J.
• 07/07/01 - "I have recieved your disk and can not start to explain how pleased I am with it. I find the format easy to follow and the references are top notch. As a medical assistant in the Canadian Armed Forces this will easily become one of my most used references. I have told all my co-workers about your site and they too have agreed that it is an incrediable site Once again thank you and keep up the awesome work." - MCpl K.K., 3 Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group Unit Medical Station Camp Maple Leaf, Zgon, Bosnia-Herzogivinia
• 07/03/01 - "Thank you very much. This improves the care I give to Marines and Sailors on a daily basis." - HM1 S.M., USN
• 07/02/01 - "Very informative. - I.G., India
• 06/19/01 - "The site is great and I' ve recommended it to my colleagues." - M.M., Australian Army.
• 06/19/01 - "I am an instructor at the Aerospace Medical Technician "C" School at NAS Pensacola, Florida. I have had the opportunity to utilize your program and it has been extremely helpful during my time that I spent out in the fleet." - HM2(AW) M.A., USN
• 06/15/01 - "Great training tool!!" - HS2 M.G., USCG
• 06/14/01 - "It is a handy tool for the gathering and disemenation of information." - D.A.
• 06/06/01 - "I am a medical assistant in the Canadian Military, currently stationed with the Stabilization Force in Bosnia. Prior to me coming over here I was doing some research on the Internet and discovered your web page, since arrival in country I have referenced your page on different medical topics that I have come across while stationed overseas. I find that your format is easy to follow and provides great links to other medical topics. - MCpl K.K., Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment
• 05/16/01 - "First, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know that you have a wonderful web site. I am not sure if there is another medical website as detailed as this one, but I must say that this is a very impressive web site. Bravo Zulu to you all for doing a wonderful job and making it available to not only for the providers but also for the patients and everyone else." - HMC C.M., USN onboard USS Coronado (AGF-11)
• 04/14/01 - "I am a new aviation medicine technician (AVT) and hospital corspman who wishes to spend a lifetime in medicine and helping others. I have reviewed your web site while searching for quality aids for refreshing myself and learning more to make me a better health care provider. This source is wonderful. It contains many of the tools that are ESSENTIAL TO MY JOB as an AVT and HN. But it also has several other resourses and references which will no doubt help in my lifelong persuit of medicine. " - HN J.K., USN
• 04/05/01 - "It is obvious that a lot of time and preparation went into preparing this site. I was amazed and very impressed with the amount of information, and how well it was presented. BZ to all who were apart of this evolution." - T.J., USN
• 04/03/01 - "Very good initiative." - S.R., MD, of the Dutch Radio Medical Centre, of the Royal Dutch Lifeboat Society
• 04/02/01 - "The CD and your site are a great asset and I highly recommend both of them to my junior corpsmen when I counsel them. Thank you for your support." - HM1 E.T., USN
• 03/26/01 - "Thank you for making a fine resource available via the World Wide Web." - J.P., R.N.
• 03/26/01 - "...always an excellent source of reference to all..." - HM3(SW/FMF) J.D., USN
• 03/18/01 - "I have found very useful in my activity the "Pediatric Emergency Manual" and I would like to send my congratulations to the authors. I am a member of the Spanish Navy Medical Corps and work in the Navy Hospital in Ferrol, Spain. - F.S-M., Spanish Navy
• 03/15/01 - "Thanks for all the hard work you have put into giving us this great tool!" - HM3 T.M., USN
• 03/03/01 - "A site that is great, informative, and brings tears to these tired old eyes. Thanks." - J.M., USN (ret)
• 02/26/01 - "I like the whole concept..." - R.C., Royal Navy
• 02/22/01 - "This site is wonderful and very useful" - P.S.
• 02/16/01 - "There are a lot of options to choose from when you are looking for a particular topic. It helps you a lot. It's a great asset to the health care provider especially to those people new to this type of business like me." - HA R.U., USN
• 01/23/01 - "I am the LPO for the Manpower department and we utilize your site constantly for information and guidance. It represents one of the very best sites on the Internet for Naval Medical Information." - HM1 M.T., USN
• 01/19/01 - "Love your website. I use it all the time. Its a great jumping off point in finding info. Thanks for all of your help and keep up the great job" - HM1(AW/FMF) JW, USN.
• 01/16/01 - " As a combat veteran, I would like to commend you for you're devotion to the constitution that makes this country great." - D.O.
• 01/07/01 - "I have found the virtual navy hospital web site to be a valuable source of information." - ENS L.M., USN
• 01/05/01 - "I am an Aeromedical Physician Assistant with the West Virginia National Guard and a Training and Exercise Analyst with RPI, Inc. at the West Virginia Memorial Tunnel WMD training site near Charleston WV. My civilian position entails providing medical training to military and civilian government Weapons of Mass Destruction response teams. I am very impressed by your online virtual library." - CPT T.S., PA-C, APA
• 11/24/00 - "An excellent tool for the care provider in remote areas. I like the whole concept, and the ease of navigation." - R.C.
• 11/18/00 - "Absolutely fantastic!!! I have been trying to find real information to train my flight medics and I finally found some. I am a Critical Care Flight Paramedic working in Ontario who also teaches aeromedical programs. I think this will make me a better instructor...as a civilian I just wanted to say keep up the good wor...Will be using your site for many years to come... Please continue." - S.S., Canada
• 10/30/00 - "You have an absolutely fantastic site. I have recommended it to all my friends, many of them in the armed forces."- K.C., M.B.B.S., India
• 10/20/00 - "Reference materials are great...It is a great tool to help improve the system of operational medicine departments." - HM1(SW/FMF) A.C., USN
• 10/16/00 - "I am a Medical Assistant Training Officer with the Australian Army in Hobart (Tasmania Australia), and stumbled across your web site by accident. It is a pity the Australian Army Medical Corp has not yet developed something along these lines." - WO2 A.J., Australian Army
• 10/02/00 - "I'm a medical resident in the Department of Emergency Surgery of the University of Padova in Italy. This site is wonderful." - F.C., M.D.
• 09/10/00 - "I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at a Navy Family Service Center in Norfolk. This website is an excellent training tool. I will share it with my colleagues Thank you!!" - B.G., LCSW
• 08/25/00 - "As a submarine Independent Duty Corpsman, I like the availabilty of so much information in one easy to use Web site" - HMC(SS) E.K., USN
• 08/23/00 - "I have used the Virtual Naval Hospital program extensively and it has been a "priceless" resource with helping me with the Aviation Medicine program I am preparing for the United Arab Emirates. - B.S.
• 07/28/00 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital site has to be the best military medical site going." - CAPT M.W., MC, USAF
• 07/26/00 - "I really like the information on your site." - HN M.J., USN
• 07/20/00 - "I am doctor working in the UK and a medical officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army. I have found the VNH website to be an invaluable resource and probably one of the very best medical portals on the web of any sort. I think you should be especially congratulated for maintaining such a "simple" website design. I find that more complex designs usually add little to the "usability" of a site and certainly make them slower and more demanding of hardware resources. I also think that a reference such as the VNH wouldÊbe extremely useful in a handheld / mobile computer format and your website design makes this easily possible to do." - Captain M.B., M.B.B.S., Royal Army, England
• 07/12/00 - "I stumbled across your Virtual Naval Hospital Web site, and all I can say is "wow", I plan to let my residents know about it. - K.H., M.D.
• 07/12/00 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital is a great web site, I wish we had something similar in the UK." - Major S.M., British Army
• 07/09/00 - "My congratulations for a job well done." - C.H., R.N. (former HM2, USN)
• 06/29/00 - "I am a Diabetes Educator, Retired. I have volunteered to be a camp nurse for a neiborhood center of underprivileged kids. I upated my CPR Certificate last month but I needed to revue FIrst Aid techniques and your URL was the easiest one to access. Thank you for having it there although I know it was meant for a different kind of audience the information is invaluable to me. It is well written and easy to comprehend." - A.L., R.N.
• 06/25/00 - "I am a doctor from Italy working in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Messina, and I think that Virtual Naval Hospital is a work of art." - V.P., M.D.
• 06/13/00 - "I am a Physician Assistant in the US Army, and frequently give medical classes to the combat medics who work under me. We often use the VNH for training purposes and find it very useful." - 1LT S.B., MC, USA
• 06/12/00 - "Great resource." - CDR A.Y., USN
• 06/09/00 - "Your service is wonderful and very informative." - HM3 D.C., USN
• 06/07/00 - "By the way, your Web page is great..." - HMCS(SW) D.K., USN
• 05/26/00 - "As a preventive medicine tech and LCPO, I use this site often and LOVE it. Thanks for the great work!" - HMC B.O., USN
• 05/25/00 - "I thank you for your efforts to help the Navy's Hospital Corps become better and understand their job requirements even more." - HM2 T.W., USN.
• 05/25/00 - "I was very pleased to find your Web site. I find it very informative and resourceful." - HM2 D.J., USN.
• 05/24/00 - "This CD is very informative. I am a Navy IDC stationed with Marines. Once again thank you for a very informative CD. It has helped hundreds of Sailors and Marines under my care!!!!! GO NAVY!!" - HM1 J.M., USN
• 05/12/00 - "One of the doctors I served with referred me to this site and I can't believe how informative and extremely beneficial this site is to people like me." - HM2 J.B., USN
• 05/04/00 - "I think this site is excellent." - Sergeant J.H., Sweden
• 04/24/00 - "Enjoyed the whole Virtual Naval Hospital tour. Sure has changed since I attended HM school in 1958. Keep up the outstanding work." - J.W., USN (ret)
• 04/14/00 - "I am a medical student in Bradford University, United Kingdom. I found the information in your web site very useful for my training. I visit your web site frequently." - B.B.
• 04/05/00 - "I am a general surgeon working in Saudi Arabia and specializing in traumatology and I surfed your web site and found this information about surgery very useful for me." - K.A.
• 03/29/00 - " I am a student working in international health and healthcare...the Virtual Naval Hospital is easy yto navigate and contains a wealth of useful information." - Z.Y.
• 03/29/00 - "Thank you very much. I was able to print out the information on several "options" as a result of a (diagnosis) I received yesterday. After leaving the doctor, it was very helpful to look up the various possibilities we discussed and add to the materials he gave me." - N.E.
• 03/23/00 - "Excellent resource. Particularily liked the quick reference, common problems section." - CAPT S.K., MC, USAF
• 03/21/00 - "We...use your site on a regular basis ..Thanks alot for all your work" - HM2(SW/FMF) L.H., USN
• 03/17/00 - "Awesome resource" - K.B., Veteran's Administration
• 03/14/00 - "I am a surgeon...from Krakow, Poland, currently working as Medical Coordinator for humanitarian demining mission conducted by Danish Church Aid - Action for Churches Together in Kosovo. I am glad to take this opportunity and congratulate you on Virtual Naval Hospital which I find extremely interesting and helpful." - G.P, M.D.
• 03/08/00 - "This is one of the greatest achievements I have seen. A great wealth of knowledge." - HM1(FMF) J.H., USN
• 03/06/00 - "Looks like a good start and consolidates many references. I like finding everything in one place." - N.C.
• 03/06/00 - "(I) admire what you have done not only for the Navy but for the world! The site is fantastic..." - CDR J.R., USN
• 02/25/00 - "Keep up the good work! VNH is one of the things that makes me proud to be a military physician -- thanks very much." - CDR D.R., MC, USN
• 02/23/00 - "There appears to be a great deal of useful information on the system. It is user friendly and I have selected it as a favorite." - K.F.
• 02/22/00 - "I could teach a class right off the VNH Web Site!!" - HM3(FMF) R. G., USN
• 02/15/00 - "This is a great and convenient way to get information." - DT2 S.S., DC, USN
• 02/05/00 - " Excellent web site - also good review for medical students." - R.Q.
• 02/01/00 - "I am an admirer of the concentrated effort and care built into your website, the Virtual Naval Hospital." - I.C., M.D., Hungary
• 01/29/00 - "I was looking for a comprehensive lesson plan. I teach my Marines first aid which are classes that take up 12 months of contact time. This is the best material I have found that breaks it down for non medical, military personnel. THANK YOU." - HM2(FMF) G.T., USN
• 01/26/00 - "What a great site. Keep up the good work!" - HM1 N.C., USN
• 01/25/00 - "I am currently a GMO at Regional Support Group, Norfolk working with the Cruisers, Destroyers, and Frigates...the VNH...has proven to be very helpful" - LT L.S., MC, USN
• 01/15/00 - "Great product - much appreciated." - CAPT E.H., MC, USN
• 01/13/00 - "I have found the VNH to be an invaluable source of information, especially with today's rapidly developing standards." - HM2 T.C., USN
• 01/11/00 - "Your site is excellent!" - HM2 K.R., USN
• 01/07/00 - "Thank you very much, and keep up the outstanding work." - HM2(FMF) R.L, USN
• 12/16/99 - "Excellent source of Military and Professional Information. Will definitly pass on to superiors and subordinates alike." - HM B.C., USN
• 12/16/99 - "Excellant site. At reserve center's we do not always get updates to manuals and instructions. It is nice to have a onestop shopping site for information." - HM R.P., USN
• 12/08/99 - "Excellent web site, good work, this is a good reference." - HMCS(NAC/DV/FMF) D.D., MC, USN
• 11/23/99 - "Just wanted to congratulate you on an outstanding web site with a vast amount of well-organized and useful information." - LT R.C, MC, USNR
• 11/22/99 - "Keep up the good work and thank you for providing such an awesome web page." - LT S.F., MSC, USAF
• 11/22/99 - "I'm retired Navy and didn't know this existed until I found it on the WWW. Keep up the good work." - S.C.
• 11/21/99 - "I am a Special Forces Medic assigned to the 1/1 SFG on Okinawa and have been a fan of your website for some time now." - SSG G.B., US Army
• 11/12/99 - "The VNH is an outstanding resource we find ourselves referring to more often each day. It will be invaluable to my IDTs." - CWO H.C., USCG
• 11/11/99 - "...just thanking you for this great information!!" - HMC R.F., USN
• 11/11/99 - "I was looking for a thorough, well-written basic first aid course to use as a guideline. I think this website is excellant! I really appreciate you all making it available to me. I looked at others and they were not as thorough or as well put-together. Thanks for your efforts." - F.M.
• 10/25/99 - "Thank you for the (CD). It is really nice to have this much info consolidated on one very user friendly CD." - HM1(NAC/FMF) R.F., USN
• 10/14/99 - "Just a quick note to say how impressed I was with the VNH Web site! It was concise and informative, with all the bits in the right places. I have bookmarked the home page as a priority item, and I am sure my colleagues will be visiting rather often too!" - P.S., Naval Hospital at Haslar, United Kingdom
• 10/10/99 - "This educational information you are offering here is a "gold mine"." - HM2 R.O., USN
• 10/07/99 - "I have been presenting the VNH web-site and stand alone CD to both my "Baby Doc" classes and the IDC Refresher Training Classes and have been getting rave reviews about the product..." - HMC(SW/FMF) J.B., USN
• 09/28/99 - "Thank you, for a terrific web site." - HM1(AW/NAC) A.M.
• 09/17/99 - "I am a military physician working in the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital ( Persian Gulf ), in a Field Medical Battalion. I came across your Internet web site accidentally when I was searching for a military medical site. I was delighted to see such a dedicated site which is well organised and very informative. Since then I'm a regular visitor to your site." - LT M.A., Bahrain
• 09/14/99 - "Thank you for your assistance. We wanted to be well armed for any potential problems, not really knowing what we were getting ourselves into...your assistance was valuable." - CAPT K.N., MC, USN from USS Kearsarge off Turkey assisting earthquake victims
• 09/01/99 - "You have no idea how this helps those of us who are on isolated duty." - HMC(FMF) R.C, USN
• 09/01/99 - "Absolutely awesome site! I am a Navy Chaplain (With my RN from pre-service), this is the most useful site I've found for near total health care questions/information/resources/links/etc. I surfed around the site for over an hour and could have stayed longer! Great job!!!!" - C.G., USN
• 08/27/99 - "(The Virtual Naval Hospital)...is a great reference for us to use throughout our studies and in our careers." - HM2(FMF) C.E., USN
• 08/25/99 - "I am an IDC...and this CD (of the Virtual Naval Hospital) has been a golden tool to me" - HMCS(SW/FMF) G.H., USN
• 08/24/99 - "This is one of the most helpful resources that I have ever found on the Internet. I am always trying to get my hands on certain publications which are VERY hard to find. Your site allowed me to find and print them out. We were informed of this site in our advancement class tonight and it had all the information I needed. I will be sure to let the rest of the hospital know! (Naval Hospital Pensacola) Thank you!!" - Y.A., HM, USN
• 08/21/99 - ">I have found the information to invaluable and is a must for any military medical officer. Thank you again for providing such information." - CAPT W.W., MC, USAF
• 08/17/99 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital CD and Web site are great references." - LCDR C.M., MC, USN
• 08/14/99 - "A resource like this reflects well on the Navy, and enhances the Navy's reputation for visitors like myself, who are not Naval personnel or patients, but who, as taxpayers, ultimately affect the Navy through the democratic process." - J.M.
• 08/13/99 - "I am a senior lecturer at the University of the West of England in Bristol and have come across your excellent web site. I teach environmental health and related topics at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. Your web site is the most comprehensive and up to date site of its kind that I have found." - A.M., England
• 08/04/99 - "I was looking for MANMED, NAVMED P-5010, NAVMED P-5055 and NAVMED P-5041 to complete my Bibliography for advancement. This site was very helpful in my quest to complete my pub collection on the advancement bibliography." - HM3(SW) D.M., USN
• 07/29/99 - "I just want to thank you all for making this detailed military information available on the web. I was struggling to find really scientifically detailed & accurate information about Malaria symptoms, medication and treatment for a trip I am about to take - I have found my doctors to be rather uninformed. With this information I feel like now I can make a good decision about which medicines to take etc. So anyway thanks for all the much needed information!" - T.S.
• 07/29/99 - "I am a corpsman assigned to 2d Battalion, 3d Marines. I have been accesing your site for information regularly, and would like to compliment you on your expanding data, and archives of information. You really are helpful to us deployed units. (Currently I am on Okinawa, on a seven month UDP.)" - HM3 (FMF) J.S., USN
• 07/26/99 - "Thanks. Great product, continually improving." - CAPT E.H., MC, USN (aboard USS John F. Kennedy)
• 07/26/99 - "I am really impressed with the diversity and breadth of documentation (from all services) that have been included. I am using the Virtual Naval Hospital as the PRIME source of online content for my second year Military Studies course here at USUHS. There is nothing out there that can match it. Your efforts have been appreciated by this physician/educator." - CAPT D.V., MC, USN
• 07/15/99 - "I will be deploying and this is a excellent resource!" - HMC B.P., USN
• 06/30/99 - "I find this site highly useful in my daily operations of sickcall in my FMF unit. It is also very useful for education of our younger Corpsmen." - HM2(FMF) K.B., USN
• 06/25/99 - "I was an operational evaluation inspector (ORI) deployed to all WESTPAC bound CVA's during 1968 to 1971. My team was tasked to conduct Mass Casualty drills. My team was aboard USS Enterprise on 14 January 69 when multiple bomb and aircraft explosions occurred. There were 371 casualties and 28 fatalities. I'm now writing and researching the account. My hope is to prepare a "then" and "now" type of report. This site is astonishingly superb. Thanks so much! Thanks for a job well done! Keep up the superb work." - J.G.
• 06/18/99 - "I would like to thank you, your site is very informative, and I intend to share the website address with all of my coworkers." - P.E., R.T.R., USA
• 06/08/99 - "Congratulations on establishing such a helpful site and for using the University of Iowa's successful Virtual Hospital as the standard." - LT T.N., MC, USN
• 05/26/99 - "(The Virtual Naval Hospital) is a very informative resource when your'e out there in the field with your laptop...HMC J.O., USN
• 05/25/99 - "I have reviewed your site and am very impressed with your web-page." - J.S., MCPL, Canadian Army
• 04/29/99 - "I have found this web site excellent for the research and the available resources for military medicine and pre hospital care" - G.D., Chief Medical, Royal Australian Navy
• 04/28/99 - "I am an Air Force Independent Duty Medical Technician and find your site extremely helpful." - SSGT S.F., USAF
• 04/26/99 - "I had the opportunity to review the VNH CD-ROM and I found it to be a wonderful tool for any HM assigned to work outside a NAVHOSP. Your assistance in providing this outstanding resource is greatly appreciated." - HMC S.R, USNR
• 04/21/99 - "I looked at your site- lots of great resources there... I hate to say it, but you're keeping the Navy's web resources for docs ahead of the Army's, from what I see...Thanks for a great web site." - MAJ T.G, USA
• 04/21/99 - "I would like give "Kudos" to all of you responsible for the VNH and the site itself. Great site." - SSGT P.A., USA
• 04/14/99 - "Congratulation with an impressive web site." - J.S., Chief Medical Instructor for Medical Service of the Royal Norwegian Navy
• 04/13/99 - "I have looked at the site & I think it is very interesting and a good site for medical personnel." - HMC J.O., USN
• 04/09/99 - "I have viewed your site and am quite impressed. Thanks again for a very good site." - HMC D.L., USN.
• 04/08/99 - "Wow, some great resources in VNH...." - ENS M.M., MC, USN
• 04/02/99 - "Thank-you for your time and the great information source you provide through the Virtual Naval Hospital." - CAPT J.B, NC, USAF
• 03/18/99 - "Thank you for your effort in this endeavor." - J.B., Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
• 03/16/99 - "This is a very well organized, useful (site) and has a wealth of military medical knowledge. I just discovered this site and have found it to be one of the very best I have run across. I am in the USMC intelligence community and I am really satisfied with this site! Thank You very much and again this site is outstanding! I will forward this sitr location along to my Battalion Aid Station as well as other Medical Aid Stations aboard Camp Pendleton. Thanks Again!" - SSgt J.D., USMC
• 03/16/99 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital Web Site is very impressive. I am a System Analyst for the USMC's Chemical Biological Incident Reponse Forces (CBIRF) C4I Program and deal with Emergency and Disaster Relief Medical Requirements quite often. Thanks for the effort and keep up the great support." - S.A.
• 03/09/99 - "The VNH has become one of my favorite web sites - especially the Manual of the Medical Department and the GMO manual.Keep up the great work" - CAPT. F.B., MC, USN
• 02/28/99 - "I went ahead and visited your site and was amazed. I thought that what you guys have is outstanding...that it will help me for advancement, touch-up knowledge, and any questions that I will ever have concerning the medical field." - HN S.H., USN
• 02/18/99 - "Thank you for providing this important service to the Medical community." - HM1 M.M, USN
• 02/16/99 - "Excellent program. Im an old retired E-8 Hospital Corpsman who is still just as much in love with medicine at age 56 as I was at 17 at Balboa." - J.H., USN (ret.)
• 02/11/99 - "I am a US Navy Reserve Hospital Corpsman Chief and I happened to come across your web-site and was really impressed by what I saw." - HMC(FMF) M.H. USNR-R
• 02/11/99 - "Thanks for the great information. " - CDR N.W., MC, USN (from USS Harry S. Truman)
• 02/09/99 - "It looks like you have a great product that will be very useful for us." - SFC M.S., US Army Special Forces Medic
• 01/22/99 - "I'm in IDC school now in san diego. This site is excellent." - HM2 M.D., USN
• 01/20/99 - "The online VNH is great." - L.L., IDC, USN
• 01/19/99 - "A friend asked me to check this site out for a possible way to get the MANMED. And guess what it was here. Great site." - HM R.F, FMF, USN
• 01/03/99 - "It looks like (this site) will be very valuable to me, for education as well as research and client care. I'll pass the world around! Bravo Zulu" - A.S., USN
• 12/22/98 - " Particularly while deployed in the Gulf, the Virtual Naval Hospital is a resource I have come to rely on and turn to for the answers not found anywhere else (for example, a review of combat stress disorders). As an easily accessible internet site, I find it pertinent, easily navigable, and always germane to the military community. I appreciate the usefulness of VNH..." - CDR R.K., MC, USN (from USS Carl Vinson)
• 12/04/98 - "I am an old HMC (30 Yrs ago today I was serving aboard the USS Coral Sea in the Gulf of Tonkin).Today I teach anatomy & physiology to exceptional high school students most of whom plan to go into some field of medicine. I hope to be able to use this excellent site in my classroom. Thanks for your effort!" - HMC B.H., USN (ret)
• 11/24/98 - "I found the VNH exceedingly helpful today as I researched some topics in the Manual of the Medical Department. The VNH is a great site - keep up the good work." - CAPT W.P., DC, USN
• 11/23/98 - "Fabulous. Fastest access to information for me. THANKS." - CAPT D.L., USPHS
• 11/21/98 - "Great job, very impressed with your work, great source of material. Congrats." - HMC S.R., USNR
• 11/17/98 - "Your site is wonderful, I am glad someone took the effort to put this together. I am a Naval Flight Surgeon with a Marine Corps Squadron in Japan and it is a common resource for me. Thanks again for all the work putting this together. " - LT M.O., MC, USN.
• 11/16/98 - "I was quite impressed that you could access the Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services here as well as patient information on Health Promotion! Keep up the good work." - L.K., USN.
• 10/16/98 - "Keep up the great work. I spent two years as the only Doc for 650 sailors on a supply ship before returning to residency. We didn't have anything lie the online GMO Manual or the Virtual Navy Hospital." - LCDR H.T., MC, USN
• 10/08/98 - "This is a valuable resource for HMs through the GMO afield and afloat. Also proved to be a good reference source for HMs needing bibilography for advancement exams preparation." - CAPT R.T., MSC, USN
• 10/01/98 - "Very much impressed...Great tool for the IDCs, thank you." - HMCM(SW) M.W., USN
• 09/29/98 - "I am very impressed and feel that it would be of benefit to my medical department." - LCDR R.G., MC, USN
• 08/17/98 - "I love what you have done and I will promote it." - CDR. M.D, MC, USN
• 08/04/98 - "Thanks for probably THE most informative site on the net!" - CAPT J.M., MC, USN
• 07/17/98 - "What I found at your site is amazing! It was only just a few days ago when I was lamenting about how I could not find FREE and USEFUL medical info for BOTH the professional and the layperson. Well, my persistence paid off, and I'm ecstatic that the VNH resourse exists! It's quite comforting to know that when I deploy to far away lands, I'll only be one website away from some of the best online medical reference info currently available. I cannot emphasize enough the extreme value of this wonderful resource. KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU WHO WERE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS WEBSITE POSSIBLE!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!" - HM2 A.K, USN
• 06/25/98 - "You have a superb site! It is very helpful to those of us away from a medical library." - Physician, MC, USN
• 05/26/98 - "This won't be the last time I visit your Web site. It is very useful and easy to use. Good work !" - R.M (German Navy Medical Student)
• 05/20//98 - "This looks like a great place to come for information." - HM R.G., USN
• 05/14/98 - "I am a retired IDC. I wish we had this when I was an IDC on a DDG in the 1970's." - M.T.
• 05/03/98 - "I am a retired CAPT MC and a computer nerd. I find this service to be most valuable and helpful, thinking of times in the past when I was out there. Congratulations and a big Bravo Zulu." - C.S.
• 4/12/98 - "As a HMCS USNR/ret. I found this site to be VERY interesting. Thanks for putting it up." - HMCS (ret.) G.F.
• 4/9/98 - "I wish to compliment you on an excellent military medical Web site." - CAPT J.M., MC, USN
• 4/9/98 - "A real asset to us at the deckplate!" - CAPT C.B., MC, USN (from USS Enterprise)
• 4/7/98 - "What a great job!" - M.K.
• 4/5/98 - "Thanks for a great site! I am on active duty, currently attending graduate school at the University of Alabama to be a Family Nurse Practitioner. I will report to Guam in October. I plan to keep this on my favorites list and pass it on. Thanks for your effort and dedication." - LCDR C.T., NC, USN
• 4/5/98 - "Congratulations...this must have been a real task!" - T.G.
• 4/2/98 - "Nice piece of work. I will be visiting it often." - C.I. (from Canada)
• 4/2/98 - "This is a worthwhile project and a great resource. I love the opening graphic. It catches all the components that I loved about the Navy." - M.C., RRT
• 3/26/98 - "Being a retired Navy Medical Service Corps officer and prior Navy medic, I really enjoyed reviewing your site. Here is wishing you 'Fair Winds and Following Seas'." - LT (ret) H.J., MSC, USN
• 3/11/98 - "As a retired corpsman and a present veterans service officer I found this site to be an excellent resource. I am very pleased to see the fine work that is being done by those who have followed and are now leading in military medicine. Well Done!" - J.S.
• 3/2/98 - "I am so impressed with your site. We in the Royal Australian Naval Health Centre at HMAS Cerebrus are hoping to establish our own web site and I am very keen to gather advice from organizations like yourself who are well down the track in this field." - G.L.P.
• 1/15/98 - "As a physician I feel this site is a definite service to the Naval GMO, and I will use it frequently." - LCDR A.R., MC, USNR
• 1/9/98 - "I am a former Navy corpsman, and I am checking out all related web sites, and I find the Virtual Naval Hospital interesting." - D.D.
• 9/2/97 - "I am an ex-YNC, and I like your Virtual Naval Hospital - simple with a lot of valuable information. Great endeavor, keep up the good work." - YNC(ret) D.W.
• 8/9/97 - "The Virtual Naval Hospital is a great web site. Thanks!" - R.E.