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Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
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Winter 2014, Vol 14, Edition 4 ISSN: 1553-9768

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From the Publisher and Editor i ONGOING SERIES
Meet the Experts vi Human Performance Optimization
Peer-Review Board vii Performance Psychology as a Key Component of 99
Dedication viii Human Performance Optimization
CASE REPORTS Timothy P. Herzog, MS, EdD; Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH
Management of Anaphylaxis in an Austere or 1 Preventive Medicine
Operational Environment Force Health Protection Support Following a 106
B. Craig Ellis, MBChB, FACEM; Natural Disaster: The 227th Medical Detachment’s
Simon G. A. Brown, MBBS, PhD, FACEM Role in Response to Superstorm Sandy
Tactical Hemorrhage Control Case Studies Using 7 Scott E. Stanley, PhD; Jason B. Faulkenberry, MS
a Point-of-Care Mechanical Direct Pressure Device
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, CD, MD, MHSC, FRCSC, FACS; Operational Medicine in the Austere Environment
Jessica Lynn McKee, MSc This Is Africa Bites, Stings, and Rigors 113
Prehospital Analgesia With Ketamine for Combat Wounds 11 James H. Lynch, MD, MS; et al.
Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, APA-C; et al. Picture This
FEATURE ARTICLES Erythema Nodosum 122
Tourniquet Pressures: Strap Width and Tensioning 19 John A. Vigilante, MD; Jane Scribner, MD
System Widths Clinical Corner
Piper L. Wall, DVM, PhD; et al. Sore Throat 124
Imaging Comparison of Pelvic Ring Disruption and 30 Joshua Banting, Tony Meriano, MD
Injury Reduction With Use of the Junctional Emergency Infectious Diseases
Treatment Tool for Preinjury and Postinjury Pelvic Dimensions Chikungunya 129
Joshua L. Gary, MD; et al. Mark W. Burnett, MD
Prehospital and En Route Cricothyrotomy Performed 35
in the Combat Setting Injury Prevention
Ed B. G. Barnard, FCEM; et al. Injuries and Injury Prevention During Foot Marching 131
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Evaluation of NuStat , a Novel Nonimpregnated 41 Joseph J. Knapik, ScD
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Hemostatic Dressing, Compared With Combat Gauze Law Enforcement & Tactical Medicine
in Severe Traumatic Porcine Hemorrhage Model Management of Open Chest Wounds in 136
Genevieve R. Hillis, BME, DO; et al. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
Predicting When to Administer Blood Products During 48 Asa M. Margolis, DO, MPH, MS; et al.
Tactical Aeromedical Evacuation: Evaluation of a US Model
Simon Le Clerc, MB ChB, FCEM, DMCC, DIMC RCSEd, BOOK REVIEW
RGN, REMT-P, RAMC; et al. Why Civil Resistance Works: 139
The Use of Dexamethasone in Support of 53 The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
High-Altitude Ground Operations and Physical Review by COL (Ret) Warner “Rocky” D. Farr, MD, MPH
Performance: Review of the Literature FROM THE SEMA 140
Reginald O’Hara, PhD; et al.
Special Forces Medical Sergeants’ Perceptions and 59 FROM THE NATO SURGEON 141
Beliefs Regarding Their Current Medical Sustainment FROM THE SOMA PRESIDENT 142
Program: Implications for the Field
Ramey L. Wilson, MD, FACP; et al. SPECIAL TALK: AN INTERVIEW
A Call for Innovation: Reflective Practices and Clinical 70 WITH COL RUSS KOTWAL
Curricula of US Army Special Operations Forces Medics Interviewed by John F. Kragh Jr. 143
Kate Rocklein, DNP, RN, CCEMTP
Point Prevalence Survey for Tick-Borne Pathogens 81 TCCC UPDATES
in Military Working Dogs, Shelter Animals, and Tactical Combat Casualty Care Curriculum Annual 144
Pet Populations in Northern Colombia Update 2014
M. E. McCown, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; et al. Stephen D. Giebner, MD
Review of Canine Deaths While in Service 86 TACMED UPDATES
in US Civilian Law Enforcement (2002–2012) Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Update: 146
Sarah E. Stojsih, MSE; et al. Winter 2014
Pilot Ejection, Parachute, and Helicopter Crash Injuries 92 David W. Callaway, MD, FACEP; et al.
Colleen M. McBratney, MD; et al.
PHOTO GALLERY 148
Letter to the Editor DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS
Evaluation of Commercially Available Traction Splints 95 151
for Battlefield Use UPCOMING EVENTS
Roger W. Lee Be sure to sign up for our eNewsletter and visit the JSOM website
Response to Mr Lee’s Letter to the Editor 98 at: https://www.JSOMonline.org/Professional_Development.php for a
CPT Nicholas M. Studer, MC, FS, USA; et al. list of upcoming courses and conferences.

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