Background of Study
The Coronavirus has had a critical negative affect on all military healthcare units. It is unknown to some that military health facilities are experiencing difficulties in their health care provision. Such challenges include understaffing, lack of resources, and knowing when and how to change.
When the increase in COVID-19 transpired various health institutions including those under the military did not have the right resources to handle the crisis (Ruedisueli, 2020). Some healthcare protocols established early in the pandemic to manage the increase in COVID-19 cases restricted workers’ movement from one region to another.
Yet, some deployment of military personnel occurred to various regions depending on the task at hand, which posed an increased risk of an individual contracting and spreading COVID-19.
In addition, the military often deals with civilian contracted healthcare staff which has proven to be quite tricky during the pandemic due to competition from other health facilities in the area that also required additional staff.
The restriction on contracted healthcare staff working hours caused scheduling inflexibility (Ruedisueli, 2020), which placed an additional burden on military staff, and negatively affected the military community.
To safeguard the health of all who work on the military bases, changing existing measures may increase the overall safety and health of militants and civilian staff working in each department and save other lives.
Problem statement
The problem is that some military leaders lack effective measures to increase the safety and health of militants and civilian staff during COVID-19.
Purpose of Study
The purpose of this case study will be to explore effective measures that military leaders use to increase the safety and health of militants and civilian staff during COVID-19.
