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ONGOING SERIES
In our series of contributions by experts in their fields,
Banting and Meriano review the many etiologies and
diagnoses of “Red Rash.” “Sleep as a Strategy for
Optimizing Performance” is examined by Yarnell and
Deuster, and Knapik and colleagues provide “Injuries
and Footwear, Part 2: Minimalist Running Shoes,” the
second part of their well-researched series.
In “A Threat-Based, Statewide EMS Protocol to Ad-
dress Lifesaving Interventions in Potentially Volatile
Environments,” Levy et al. provide a discussion plus
the full protocol. Peffer and coworkers present the
“Experience of a US Air Force Surgical and Critical
Care Team Deployed in Support of Special Operations
Command Africa.” As part of our well-received Picture
This series, “All That Swells Is Not a Bruise: The Morel-
Lavallée Lesion” is assessed by Callahan and Eisen-
man. “Prolonged Field Care Working Group Fluid
Therapy Recommendations” is provided by Baker et
al. And from the World of Special Operations Medi-
cine, Stacey and Jones give us “Closing the Gap: Im-
proving Trauma Care on the Ukrainian Battlefield.”
SPECIAL TALK: AN INTERVIEW
As part of our popular and informative interview se-
ries, Kragh provides “Rob Miller on Changing Trauma
Care.”
BOOK REVIEW
This issue, Faust’s Gold: Inside the
East German Doping Machine is
reviewed by Farr.
CHECK IT OUT
r McCown reports that as part of a new collaborative relationship be-
Dtween the JSOM and Revista CES Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia
journal, the article “Surveillance for Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phago-
cytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs From
Three Cities in Colombia” (J Spec Oper Med. 2014;14[Spring]:86–90,
by Michael E. McCown, Victor H. Monterroso, and Wilder Cardona)
was published translated into Spanish in December 2015. The author
reports that “this is a huge step and enhances the notoriety, achieve-
ments, and accomplishments of JSOM as a premier, globally reaching
scientific journal.”
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