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PUBLISHER
Michelle DuGuay Landers, MBA, BSN, RN
Lt Col (Ret)

Greetings JSOM Subscribers, Winter Podcast
e have restructured our subscription plans as of Articles being reviewed by the Podcast Team are:
WOctober 1. We kept our popular Print Only, Print  Does Mental and Visual Skills Training Improve
and Digital Journal Only, and Digital Journal Only High-Value Target Identification and Marksman-
plans; these plans remain the same as before. The ship Among Elite Soldiers? by J. Jay Dawes, et al.
major change is the consolidation of the handbooks
Michelle D. Landers, Lt Col (Ret) (p. 22)
into a single subscription. With a Handbooks subscrip-
tion, you will have access to the latest versions of the  An Exploratory Comparison of Water-Tamped and
ATP-P, RMH, ARFR, PJMED, SMOG, and IDMT (and -Untamped Explosive Breaches: Practical Applica-
any new handbooks we publish) all in one convenient tions for the Tactical Community via Pilot Study by
subscription. Subscribers will also have access to any Gary H. Kamimori, et al. (p. 56)
new content when it becomes available. Current sub-  Airway and Hypothermia Prevention and Treatment
scribers can take advantage of the new subscriptions via STEAM: The System for Thermogenic Emer-
at any time. Cancel your existing subscription before gency Airway Management by Ryan A. Stevens, et
it automatically renews, and select your new subscrip- al. (p. 72)
tion. Please direct any questions to Dr Graverson at
Scott.graverson@breakawaymedia.org.
Our guest medic editor this quarter is Devin DeFeo,
a former SOF medic. 2LT DeFeo enlisted in the Army
We updated our Advanced Tac- 11TH EDITION in 2004 and served as an 18D with 1SFG(A) and
tical Para medic Protocols Hand- USASOC. As a medic, he authored the concept for
book 11th Edition to include all MARCHE for TCCC in the chemical, biological, radio-
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the current updates to the TCCC logical, and nuclear (CBRN) environment published in
Guidelines, Prolonged Casualty JSOM, which later formed the framework for the Joint
Care (formally Prolonged Field Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines on CBRN
Care), and Canine TCCC Guide- U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND’s
Tactical Trauma Protocols medicine and the CBRN chapter in the Ranger Med-
lines. We also updated the Table Tactical Medical Emergency Protocols
Recommended Drug List ical Handbook. He then participated in the Enlisted
of Contents to be more informa- Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care
PLUS . . . Burn Quick Reference Guide and Nerve Charts to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) at
tive and user-friendly.
George Mason University, earning a master of science
in biology. He is currently a third-year medical student
JSOM Winter Edition Cover at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sci-
ences (USUHS). 2LT DeFeo is considering a residency
The cover art for the Winter edi-
tion of the JSOM illustrates the in emergency medicine. He will be reviewing Does
changing realities of combat Mental and Visual Skills Training Improve High-Value
across the globe today. As in- Target Identification and Marksmanship Among Elite
ternational military units clash Soldiers? by J. Jay Dawes, et al. (p. 22).
with civilian militia groups, the
medical lessons learned from Our author interview is with Michael J. Egnoto, PhD
decades of SOF medics treat- (An Exploratory Comparison of Water-Tamped and
ing life-threatening injuries con- -Untamped Explosive Breaches: Practical Applications
tinue to deliver a relevant foundation for saving lives. for the Tactical Community via Pilot Study). Dr Egnoto
Care Under Fire and Tactical Field Care protocols es- is affiliated with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Re-
tablished by CoTCCC offer sound wisdom for search, Forest Glen Annex, Silver Spring, MD.
decreasing preventable deaths from injuries sustained
in combat – whether as a participant or a bystander. We would love your feedback.
Please email podcast@jsomonline.org.

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