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from the
PUBLISHER and EDITOR

n our early years we published a sec- Stephen Giebner (sdgiebner@msn.com),
Ition titled Medic Recognition. It was with any questions, concerns, or sug-
never our intent for this section to go gestions. Thanks to Dr Giebner for his
away when we became privately pub- outstanding work on this revision of the
lished. Please let us know if there is a TCCC curriculum.
special medic who you feel should be Michelle DuGuay Landers
recognized. • Thanks to Juan José Pajuelo Castro and his team
for translating all the TCCC and TacMed Updates
The JSOM would like to extend congratulations to LTC into Spanish. They are also posted under the TCCC
(P) Bob Mabry on his well-deserved selection to COL. dropdown.
• Be sure to check out the Feature article as they change
n n n monthly.
We are making changes to the JSOM website (www. n n n
JSOMonline.org), and invite you to check out all the
newest updates.
Spanish ATP-P Handbook
• Under the Articles Dropdown, we have added all the The Spanish Translation of the 8th Edition Advanced
Interviews, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Book Tactical Paramedic Protocols Handbook will soon be
Reviews. available in digital and tablet formats. Thanks again to
• Under the TCCC Dropdown, we added the current Juan and his team for making this available. We will an-
TCCC for All Combatants and the TCCC Guidelines nounce via our bimonthly newsletter and social media
for Medical Personnel. when it is available.

There were three major changes to the TCCC guidelines GSA
included in this year’s version:
We are now a GSA-approved publishing business that
• 14-02 Optimizing Tourniquet Use in TCCC, has been authorized to sell to the United States Gov-
• 14-03 Ondansetron for Nausea and Vomiting, and ernment through the U.S. General Services Administra-
• 15-01 CricKey for Surgical Airways. tion (GSA). The GSA is the purchasing department of
the U.S. Government and lists contracts or schedules
The test question bank was updated with questions cov- that potential vendors can bid on to get government
ering the three guideline changes. business.

In addition, all videos have been embedded in the Power- n n n
Point files so users no longer have to build links be-
tween slides and videos, and there is no longer a separate Special Talk Interviews
folder containing the videos. Three new videos appear in
150603. The first depicts correct use of the CricKey to COL (Ret) John F. Kragh Jr, MD, would like to open
introduce a Melker airway in cases of upper airway ob- up the Special Talk interviewer position to all those in-
struction. The second illustrates reinflation of a lung fol- terested. This is a great way to meet and get to know
lowing needle decompression of a tension pneumothorax. the shakers and movers. Please let us know if you are
The last reinforces the need for eye shields in penetrating interested.
eye injury and shows the proper application thereof.
—Michelle DuGuay Landers
Feedback from TCCC end-users is criti cally important.
Please contact the CoTCCC Developmental Editor, Dr