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In this issue, There I Was, King and his colleagues dis- The book review this issue, by Farr, is
cuss “A Case of Prehospital Traumatic Arrest in a US of Special Forces: A Unique National
Special Operations Soldier: Care From Point of Injury Asset: Through, With, and By, written
to Full Recovery.” The case is used to illustrate the by Mark D. Boyatt.
complex dynamics of Special Operations care on the
modern battlefield and the exceptional outcomes pos-
sible when evidence-based medicine is taken to the
warfighter with effective, far-forward, expeditionary
medical-force projection.

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In “Force Protection Medical Support at National Spe-
cial Security Events: Experience From the 2016 Repub-
lican and Democratic National Conventions,“ Tang and
colleagues discuss the uniquely complex and multifac-
eted public safety challenges of formally declared na-
tional special security events.

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Mattison, Urban Shield 2016 Incident Commander, tells
us a little about this training event that involved a to-
tal of approximately 6,000 participants. There were 36
tactical teams, which is 288 tactical Operators, 35 EOD,
750 EMS personnel trained (plus the trainers), 300-plus
firefighters from the three disciplines, and about 300
other medical providers (other than EMS).

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In the TacMed Updates, “Don’t Let the Word ‘Myopic’
Blind You,” Callaway discusses the Journal of Trauma
and Acute Care Surgery article titled, “The Profile of
Wounding in Civilian Public Mass Shooting (CPMS)
Fatalities,” currently one of the most hotly debated aca-
demic articles in the tactical community.

The TCCC Updates by Butler provides highlights from the 7–8 September 2016 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

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