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Keywords: physicians, emergency; skill sets; skills,
deployment­ready

CPT Schauer is affiliated with the US Army Institute for
Surgical Research and San Antonio Military Medical Center,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was previously associated with
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort Polk, Louisiana
when the study began.
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