• Awareness of the potential adverse health effects of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (RF-EMF) overexposure is critical for all deployed medical providers.
  • Early treatment is essential to maximize recovery. Overexposed service members require comprehensive evaluation by a medical provider as soon as possible.
  • The most common symptoms are sensation of warmth potentially escalating to pain, profuse sweating, and skin burns if the exposure dose is sufficiently high.
  • Life-threatening medical emergencies, permanent injury to the eye and visual system are less common.
  • Service members with persistent symptoms or worsening neurological complaints require priority medical evacuation.
  • Medical treatment for injuries from RF-EMF overexposure are like the same injuries from other causes.
  • Treatment recommendations and proper patient management depend on consistent and timely documentation and reporting of RF-EMF overexposures and injuries.
  • Unlike with ionizing radiation, health effects from RF-EMF exposures are not cumulative.