Combat Casualty Care
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Stroger Hospital Trauma Unit partners with the Navy for first-of-its-kind program
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/stroger-hospital-trauma-unit-partners-with-navy-program/ Partnerships like these help develop and enhance trauma readiness – the Army and Air Force have similar programs as well. It’s a win for all – the Navy gets highly proficient trauma teams, excellent skill sustainment for the clinicians,… Continue reading
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Analysis of emergency resuscitative thoracotomy in the combat setting
https://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2024/08/29/military-2024-002797 Interesting retrospective analysis of the DoD Trauma Registry, evaluating the 24h survival rate of emergency room thoracotomy (ERT). Overall, the 24h survival was 26%, which is generally higher than seen in civilian trauma (~10% depending on the study). Penetrating… Continue reading
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Medical Training Falls Short at Army Combat Training Centers
https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/milmed/usae399/7742641?redirectedFrom=fulltext Interesting opinion piece from a group of Army authors about the state of combat and deployment readiness amongst Army medics (68W). They cited a variety of lack of experiences with clinical medicine and lack of combat exposure. I think… Continue reading
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FDA Approved Freeze Dried Plasma (FDP) for Military Use
FDA Approved use of freeze dried plasma (FDP) under an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the military. This is specifically for octaplasLG powder , which comes in a vial and can be stored at room temperature (max storage temperature is… Continue reading
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Death and Dying on the Future Battlefield
It is clear that future conflicts will be different than those wars of the last two decades. The term Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO, pronounced ‘Lihs-Koh’) is used to provide this distinction. The number of killed and wounded casualties, both from… Continue reading
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