Page 3 - Journal of Special Operations Medicine - Spring 2014

from the
EDITOR and PUBLISHER

Greetings JSOM readers! FACEP director, Division of Special
Operations, Department of Emergency
It was great to see everyone at SOMSA in Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical
December. We are excited about our new Institutions Center for Law Enforce-
official relationship with SOMA. The ment Medicine; Matthew J. Levy, DO,
JSOM will work together with SOMA MSc, FACEP, NRP, assistant profes-
to ensure the professional growth and Michelle DuGuay Landers sor of emergency medicine, Division
success of Special Operations medical of Special Operations, Johns Hopkins
personnel. University School of Medicine; and Dave Calla way, MD,
director, Division of Operational and Disaster Medicine,
Special Operations medicine continues to generate the operational medical director, Carolinas MED-1, and co-
best-practice evidence to date, and we look forward chairman, The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casu-
to providing all SOMA members with this informa- alty Care (C-TECC).
tion quarterly through the journal and through our bi-
monthly newsletter. Other series we are looking at are a training column,
with contributing authors from the JSOMTC and other
I am sure you noticed the new look of our cover of the training facilities/agencies; Deployment/Travel Medi-
last edition and yet again this edition. We have added cine Reviews; Clinical Corner; and an SOF/TEMS Point
to the title area to capture a greater audience of medical Counterpoint, in which authors will work together on
providers who will benefit greatly from the knowledge one topic with both a military and a law enforcement
the JSOM imparts. perspective.

Be sure to read our Interview section in this edition. We Calling All Authors – Articles that have the potential
all know the Air Force motto of Aim High; LTC Andrew to influence the SOF medics’ practice, care delivery,
R. Morgan has taken this to the extreme. knowledge base, and future should have a SOF medic as
a co-author. The JSOM strives to advance SOF clinical
Please be sure to visit www.JSOMonline.org. We are science; therefore, all those who deliver the care need be
constantly updating the TCCC, TacMed, TBI informa- part of this movement as they are integral to publishing
tion, and Spanish translations of the TCCC and TacMed evidence.
pages.
Please be sure to look at our Call for Papers and There I
New this year are several Ongoing Series that will be Was page at the end of the journal.
starting with our Summer edition.
“Practice-based evidence drives knowledge develop-
• Human Performance Optimization – Contributing ment through the experiences of practicing providers to
author, Patricia Deuster, PhD, MPH, FACSM profes- add to knowledge production. The specialties of tactical
sor and director, Consortium for Health and Military medicine and combat casualty care are so specific and
Performance, Department of Military and Emergency practice-driven, no other clinical or medical publications
Medicine adequately grasps the concepts like the JSOM. Relevant
• Injury Prevention – Contributing author, Joseph J. best evidence is acquired first by accumulating stories of
expertise and clinical anecdotes. SOF clinical literature
Knapik, ScD, research physiologist, U.S. Army Re- is primarily of the interpretive paradigm, which means
search Institute of Environmental Medicine evidence is generated from contextual experiences that
• The World of Special Operations Medicine – Contrib- are shared by narrative transmission essentially, lessons
uting authors from different countries will rotate and learned are talked about among those in practice. SOF is
cover invited topics unparalleled in the clinical world for this type of sharing
• Tactical Medicine Perspective – TEMS providers are as via multiple methods (lessons learned, after-action re-
uniquely positioned as SOF Operators to generate evi- views, etc.).” Kate Rocklein, DNP, RN, TNS, CCEMTP
dence from providing medical care delivered under ac-
tive threat. Contributing authors – Nelson Tang, MD, —Michelle DuGuay Landers