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advances in prehospital documentation are largely San Antonio Military Medical Center Institutional Re­
credited to the Joint Trauma System team at Fort Sam view Board in accordance with the approved protocol.
Houston, Texas.
Disclosures
Acknowledgments
None of the authors have any financial or other con­
The authors would especially like to recognize the staff flicts of interest to disclose.
at Tactical Combat Medical Care course, Fort Sam
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MAJ McGarry, the principal investigator on this study, is
with the Department of Emergency Medicine, General Leon­
ard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri. E­mail: adam.b.mcgarry.mil@mail.mil.

MAJ (Ret) Mott is an assistant professor at the University of
North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.

COL (Ret) Kotwal is with the Joint Trauma System, US Army
Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

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