Research Paper
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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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The Medical COP
The battlefield is changing. With the rise of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), traditional medical care models on the battlefield are stretched to their limits. Vast distances, limited resources, and rapidly evolving situations demand a… 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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Regional anesthesia in resource-limited and disaster environments: a daring discourse
Interesting discussion and concept for the use of regional anesthesia in austere and resource limited (including military operational) environments. Future planning for medical care in Role 2 environments may need “outside-the-box” solutions to optimize future concepts, similar to the discussion… Continue reading
Scalpels & Strategy 