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Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
JSOM
Spring 2014, Vol 14, Edition 1 ISSN: 1553-9768

Journal of Special Operations Medicine ™

From the Editor and Publisher i Surveillance for Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma 86
Meet the Experts iv phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Dirofilaria
Peer-Review Board v immitis in Dogs From Three Cities in Colombia
Michael E. McCown, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, et al.
Case Reports
Experience in Treating Combat Burns in Afghanistan 1 Letter to the Editor
by Using Silver-Nylon Dressing Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in 91
Moreno Pozza, PhD; Pflipsen Matthew, MD; Special Operations Forces
Federico Lunardi, MD Daniel J. Neller, PsyD, ABPP (Forensic);
Jimmie J. Butcher, PhD
Articulating Tactical Traction Splint Use on 6
Pulseless Forearm Fracture Tactical Medicine Perspective:
Daniel S. Schwartz, MD An Ongoing Series
Preventing Ring Associated Injuries: 93
Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion for a Combat 9
Casualty in Austere Combat Environment Think Twice About Wearing That Ring
Christopher B. Cordova, MPAS, PA-C; Andrew P. Cap, Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc; Kevin Gerold, DO, JD, MA (Ed)
MD, PhD, FACP; Philip C. Spinella, MD, FCCM Infectious Diseases: An Ongoing Series
Salmonella Infections Including Typhoid Disease 96
Feature Articles Mark W. Burnett, MD
A Triple-Option Analgesia Plan for Tactical Combat 13 Picture This: An Ongoing Series
Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 13-04
Frank K. Butler, MD; Russ S. Kotwal, MD, et al. Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma 99
Shayna C. Rivard, MD; Michael L. Crandall, MD;
Emergency Tourniquet Effectiveness in 26 Neil F. Gibbs, MD
Four Positions on the Proximal Thigh
John F. Kragh, Jr., MD; Timothy E. Wallum, BS; Book Reviews
James K. Aden III, PhD; Michael A. Dubick, PhD; Secession as an International Phenomenon: 103
David G. Baer, PhD From America's Civil War to Contemporary
Separatist Movements
ReSTART: A Novel Framework for Resource-Based 30 Review by Warner “Rocky” D. Farr, MD, MPH
Triage in Mass-Casualty Events
Alex F. Mills, PhD; Nilay T. Argon, PhD; Serhan Ziya, PhD; Behind the Lines: A Critical Survey of 104
Brian Hiestand, MD, MPH; James Winslow, MD Special Operations in World War II
Review by R. Alan Hester
Prehospital Emergency Care: Evaluation of the 40
Junctional Emergency Tourniquet Tool With a From the SEMA 106
Perfused Cadaver Model MSG Harold R. Montgomery
Keith S. Gates, MD; Lisa Baer, MS; John B. Holcomb, MD USSOCOM Senior Enlisted Medical Advisor
The Cric-Key and Cric-Knife : 45 From the NATO Surgeon 109
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A Combined Tube-Introducer and Scalpel-Hook LTC Daniel Irizarry, MD, SOF Medical Advisor
Open Cricothyrotomy System From the SOMA President
Richard M. Levitan, MD 110
Evaluation of Contingency Telemedical Support 50 Special Talk: An Interview: 111
to Improve Casualty Care at a Simulated Military An Ongoing Series
Intermediate Resuscitation Facility: Special Operation Alumnus Starts New Challenge
The EM-ANGEL Study Interviewed by Jerry Green, USASOC Public Affairs
Robert Gerhardt, MD, MPH, FACEP, et al. TCCC Updates 113
Clinical Relevance of Optimizing Vitamin D 58 TacMed Updates
Status in Soldiers to Enhance Physical and TEMS v. 2014 Philip A. Carmona 116
Cognitive Performance
Laurel M. Wentz, PhD; Jerad D. Eldred, 18D; C-TECC Update E. Reed Smith, et al. 118
Michael D. Henry, MD; Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán, PhD EMS Fellowships 121
Operational Stressors on Physical Performance 67 Photo Gallery 122
in Special Operators and Countermeasures to
Improve Performance: A Review of the Literature Publication Information 124
Reginald O’Hara, PhD; Amy Henry, BS; Jennifer Serres, PhD;
Dawn Russell, BS, MS; Robert Locke, MD Directory of Advertisers 129
Effects of Intraosseous and Intravenous 79 Upcoming Events
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