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from the

PUBLISHER

his Spring Edition starts our 21st 2. Conversion of Abdominal Aortic
year in publication. It was enlight- and Junctional Tourniquet (AAJT) to
Tening to look back on the first and Michelle D. Landers, Lt Col (Ret) Infrarenal Resuscitative Endovascu-
last 5 years of the use of Whole Blood lar Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta
(Spring), Tourniquets and Hemorrhage ( REBOA) Is Safe and Practical in a
Control (Summer), Prolonged Field Care (Fall), and TCCC Swine Hemorrhage Model by David S. Kauvar, Kyle S. Stigall,
Updates (Winter). All four editions will be available for pur- Justin J. Sleeter, Perry E. Blough, Chris L. Harwell, and Jason
chase as a Special 20th Anniversary Collectors Edition on our M. Rall
Online Store at https://jsom.us/2ZWeA0M. 3. Secondary Traumatic Stress in Emergency Services Systems
(STRESS) Project: Quantifying Personal Trauma
NEW HANDBOOKS Profiles for Secondary Stress Syndromes in
Emergency Medical Services Personnel With
Speaking of the JSOM Online Store, Prior Military by Ginny K. Renkiewicz,
the first edition of the Advanced PhD, MHS, Paramedic, FAEMS, and
Ranger First Responder (ARFR) Hand- Michael W. Hubble, PhD, MBA,
book and the 8th Edition Pararescue NRP
Medical Operations (PJ) Handbook
will be available very soon. Watch our
newsletter and social media for avail-
ability updates.
SOMSA
We are looking forward to seeing
everyone at SOMSA 2021 Scien-
tific Assembly in Charlotte, NC,
28 June–2 July. Come by and say
hello at Booth 501. We will have all
our new handbooks available for pur- Paul (PJ) Pelaez
chase at the booth, minus the shipping
costs. Our guest medic reviewer this quarter is
Paul (PJ) Pelaez, NSW Medic (SEAL) SOTM,
CRITICAL CARE SUPPLEMENT NRP, FP-C. PJ, who will be reviewing Performance Charac-
teristics of Fluid Warming Technology in Austere Environments.
We are seeking medics or corpsman interested in coauthor-
ing prehospital critical care articles to volunteer to help pub- Our author interview this quarter is with Dr Kyle Stigall. Dr
lish a JSOM prehospital-focused Critical Care Supplement Stigall is one of the authors of Conversion of Abdominal Aortic
to come out this fall. If you are interested or have ques- and Junctional Tourniquet (AAJT) to Infrarenal Resuscitative
tions, please contact Andrew D. Fisher, MD, PA-C, LP at Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Is Safe
adfisher20@gmail.com. and Practical in a Swine Hemorrhage Model.

PODCASTS Be sure to tune into the SOMA President’s Special Talk pod-
We hope everyone is listening to and benefiting from our edi- cast interview before SOMSA. Russ S. Kotwal, MD, MPH,
torial reviews and special interview podcasts. For this edition, will highlight important features of this year’s SOMSA, among
our podcasters have chosen to review the following Spring other topics.
articles:
Please see our Special Talk section on page 124 for more on
these interviews.
1. Performance Characteristics of Fluid Warming Technology
in Austere Environments by Thomas Blakeman, MS, John
Fowler, Richard Branson, MS, Michael Petro, and Dario We would love your feedback.
Rodriquez Jr, MS Please email Podcasts@JSOMonline.org

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