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ness evidence of SAM Junctional tourniquet to control in- of groin application of junctional tourniquets in a manikin
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14. Kragh JF Jr, Mann-Salinas EA, Kotwal RS, et al. Laboratory
assessment of out-of-hospital interventions to control junc-
tional bleeding from the groin in a manikin model. Am J Dr Kragh is a tourniquet researcher at the USAISR. He is an
Emerg Med. 2013;31:1276–1278. orthopedic surgeon who was the 3rd Ranger Battalion Sur-
15. Kheirabadi BS, Terrazas IB, Miranda N, et al. Long-term ef- geon from 1990 to 1993. He is an associate professor in the
fects of Combat Ready Clamp application to control junc- Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the
tional hemorrhage in swine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014; Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. E-mail: john.f.kragh.
77:S101–108. civ@mail.mil.
16. Kragh JF Jr, Murphy C, Steinbaugh J, et al. Prehospital emer-
gency inguinal clamp controls hemorrhage in cadaver model. COL Geracci, MC, is a US Army family physician currently
Mil Med. 2013;178:799–805. serving as the III Corps Surgeon at Fort Hood, Texas. He is a
17. Kragh JF Jr, Johnson JE, Henkel CK, et al. Technique of axil- prior medical doctrinaire at the US Army Medical Department
lary use of a Combat Ready Clamp to stop junctional bleed- Center and School; has experience as an operational medical
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18. Kheirabadi BS, Terrazas IB, Hanson MA, et al. In vivo as- leader serving as a unit surgeon at all levels from Battalion
sessment of the Combat Ready Clamp to control junctional to Corps, including multiple deployments to Iraq and Af-
hemorrhage in swine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013;74: ghanistan; and was most recently deployed as the Prehospital
1260–1265. Trauma Director with the Joint Theater Trauma System.
19. Taylor DM, Coleman M, Parker PJ. The evaluation of an Ab-
dominal Aortic Tourniquet for the control of pelvic and lower Mr Parsons is a prior Special Forces Medic with Vietnam ex-
limb hemorrhage. Mil Med. 2013;178:1196–1201. perience. He is a physician assistant, and the master instructor
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20. Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet Use in Afghanistan. J Spec for Army medical training and the Deputy Director of the De-
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21. Croushorn J. Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet Department Center and School (USAMEDDC&S) at the Med-
controls hemorrhage from a gunshot wound of the left groin. ical Education Training Campus, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
J Spec Oper Med. 2014;14:6–8.
22. Croushorn J, Thomas G, McCord SR. Abdominal Aortic MAJ Robinson, SP, is a US Army physician assistant at the
Tourniquet controls junctional hemorrhage from a gunshot USAMEDDC&S, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is from New
wound of the axilla. J Spec Oper Med. 2013;13:1–4. Zealand.
23. Croushorn J, Callaway D. Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet
commentary. J Spec Oper Med. 2013;13:3. LTC Biever is a US Army nurse at the San Antonio Military
24. Harcke HT, Mazuchowski E, Brunstetter T, et al. Feedback to Medical Center. She has experience in Afghanistan with the
the Field #16: Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool: obser- Joint Trauma System.
vations. Dover Air Force Base, DE: US Armed Forces Medical
Examiner Service; 2014.
25. Klotz JK, Leo M, Anderson BL, et al. First case report of Major Rein, MC, is a Norwegian Army emergency physician
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SAM Junctional tourniquet use in Afghanistan to control in- with Special Operations Forces.
guinal hemorrhage on the battlefield. J Spec Oper Med. 2014; Colonel Glassberg, MC, Israeli Defense Forces, is Israel’s
14:1–5.
26. Davidson BP, Belcik JT, Mott BH, et al. Quantification of re- Northern Command’s Surgeon. He is a general surgeon who
sidual limb skeletal muscle perfusion with contrast-enhanced was a Paratrooper Division Surgeon and Commander of the
ultrasound during application of a focal junctional tourni- Trauma and Combat Medicine. He has published many papers
quet. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Jul 24. pii: S0741-5214(14)01275-0. on operational medicine.
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2014.06.107. [Epub ahead of print]
27. Kragh JF Jr, O’Neill ML, Walters TJ, et al. The military emer- Dr Strandenes is a Norwegian Navy anesthesiologist with
gency tourniquet program’s lessons learned with devices and Special Operations Forces.
designs. Mil Med. 2011;176:1144–1152.
28. Blackbourne LH, Mabry R, Sebesta J, et al. Joseph Lister, non- Major Chen, MC, served as an Israeli Defense Force Infantry
compressible arterial hemorrhage, and the next generation of Battalion Surgeon and Infantry Brigade Surgeon. He is an Air
“tourniquets”? US Army Med Dep J. 2008;Jan–Mar:56–59. Force general surgeon and, in 2014, finished a research fellow-
29. Mann-Salinas EA, Kragh JF Jr, Dubick MA, et al. Assessment ship at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR).
of users to control simulated junctional hemorrhage with the

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