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on child-specific battlefield resuscitation and training which is one of the most common causes of sepsis and
for initial providers,” Gray and colleagues “believe meningitis in the United States and a feared disease
that, with appropriately tailored pediatric resuscitation worldwide.
education and training strategies, there is some po- “Meningitis belt” of Africa: areas with frequent epidemics of
tential for a reduction in the morbidity and mortality meningococcal meningitis.
associated with childhood combat injury.”

Nam et al., the authors of “The Highest-Impact Com-
bat Orthopedic and Extremity Injury Articles in the
Past 70 Years A Citation Analysis,” identify the most-
cited peer-reviewed combat orthopedic and extrem-
ity injury articles published during the past 70 years
. . . [and] some of the most important contributions to
combat orthopedic trauma and research and the areas
of greatest scientific interest to the specialty during
the past seven decades.”
INJURY PREVENTION
“Clinical Image: Visual Estimation of Blood Loss,” by
Donham et al., provides clinical images of blood loss Knapik and colleagues discuss “Load Carriage–Related
because accurate visual estimation of blood loss is Paresthesias (Part 2): Meralgia Paresthetica,” address-
both important and problematic. ing symptoms, evaluation, and treatment of meralgia
paresthetica, a mononeuropathy involving the lateral
In “A Perspective on the Potential for Battlefield Re- femoral cutaneous nerve.
suscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the
Aorta,” Knight discusses whether battlefield REBOA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TACTICAL MEDICINE
can stop junctional hemorrhage and extend “golden Tang and associates discuss “Graduate Medical Edu-
hour” rings in combat.
cation in Tactical Medicine and the Impact of ACGME
Accreditation of EMS Fellowships.”
ONGOING SERIES
CLINICAL CORNER PROLONGED FIELD CARE
In “Basic Biostatistics and Clinical Medicine,” Banting “Analgesia and Sedation Management During Pro-
and Meriano talk about a higher-level concept and longed Field Care,” by Pamplin et al., is a Role 1, pro-
cover some basic biostatistics related to clinical medi- longed field care guideline that is intended to be used
cine, which is “essential for the elite-level clinician to after TCCC Guidelines, when evacuation to a higher
understand because these concepts are critical to tak- level of care is not immediately possible.
ing your medical decision-making to the next level.”
In addition, DeSoucy and colleagues provide a “Re-
HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION view of 54 Cases of Prolonged Field Care,” analyzing
surveys from 54 patients treated during 41 missions.
In “Human Performance Optimization and Precision
Performance: The Future of Special Operations Hu- SOFSONO ULTRASOUND SERIES
man Performance Efforts,” Russell and Deuster discuss
the Precision Medicine Initiative that was launched by Rapp and Hampton provide a case on “Ultrasound-
the White House to promote individualized medicine Guided Airway Management.”
and introduce the concept of Precision Performance,
or advances that might “enable a new era of human SPECIAL TALK: AN INTERVIEW
performance optimization through research, technol- Pennardt presents “Admiral’s Log: Surgeon General
ogy, and policies that empower warfighters and those VADM Michael Cowan’s Insights on Military Medicine.”
who support them to work together toward develop-
ment of individually optimized performance” (The BOOK REVIEW
White House, 2015).
Farr reviews “Opposition to Soviet Rule
INFECTIOUS DISEASES in Lithuania, 1945–1980.”
Burnett presents a discussion of “Meningococcal Dis-
ease,” caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis,

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