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paramedic. E-mail: nicholas.m.studer2.mil@mail.mil.
Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose. The authors have MAJ Driscoll, MC, USA, is a staff burn surgeon at the
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston,
no financial interest in, nor receive payments from, any Texas. He is a board-certified general surgeon. He completed
medical device manufacturers or distributors. his surgical residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
He has deployed twice, once to Afghanistan in support of Op-
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