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PUBLISHER
Michelle DuGuay Landers, MBA, BSN, RN
Lt Col (Ret)
Greetings JSOM Subscribers, Our guest medic editor this quarter, SSG
Blake Wright, enlisted in 2013 and has since
e look forward to seeing everyone at SOMSA in Raleigh served in various roles across the 173d, 82d
Win May. Please stop by and see us at Booth 805. We will Airborne, and USASOC. He currently serves
have current editions of all Breakaway Media handbooks, as a Special Operations Flight Medic and
including the new 2023 version of the US Army Medevac has future aspirations of applying to the
Critical Care Flight Paramedic Standard Medical Operations Inter-Service Physician Assistant Program.
Michelle D. Landers, Lt Col (Ret) He will review The Effect of Prehospital
Guidelines (SMOG) that has just come out.
Blood Transfusion on Patient Body Temperature from the
Our handbooks are available in print on our online store and Time of Emergency Medical Services Transfusion to Arrival at
part of our digital flipbook handbook subscriptions. Subscrib- the Emergency Department.
ers with a Handbooks Subscription can access the latest ATP-P,
RMH, ARFR, PJMED, SMOG, and IDMT all in one conve- Our author interview will be with Sean M.
nient subscription. Subscribers will also have access to any Stuart, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, FAWM Com-
new content when it becomes available. Current subscribers mander, Medical Corps, US Navy (Naval
can take advantage of the new subscriptions at any time. Can- War College). Commander Stuart received
cel your existing subscription before it automatically renews, his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from
and select your new subscription. Please direct any questions the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
to Dr. Graverson at Scott.graverson@breakawaymedia.org. Medicine in 2009. CDR Stuart reported to
the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, where he
JSOM Spring Edition Cover served as the Battalion Surgeon from 2010 to 2013. During
this time, CDR Stuart deployed twice to support Operation
This edition’s cover reminds us of the Enduring Freedom. He also served as the Director of Medical
diversity of environmental theaters Readiness for 3d Marines. CDR Stuart also served as the Dep-
where military forces train and de- uty Regimental Surgeon, coordinating medical support for de-
ploy. Understanding the variables of veloping Marine Rotational Force–Darwin and RIMPAC
the environment will enable strate- exercises. He pioneered the development of a combat training
gic anticipation of medical interven- curriculum, created a training tactical simulation laboratory,
tions and the adaptation to optimize and served as the Director of Operational Training.
them. The deep jungle, triple canopy,
or Pacific Island will bring different In 2014, CDR Stuart began his emergency medicine residency
challenges to casualty care than cold training. After graduating, CDR Stuart assumed the role of
weather environments. The basics may stay the same when ad- MEU Surgeon for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. In
dressing the staples of TCCC, but the nuances can profoundly 2019, CDR Stuart returned to Naval Medical Center Ports-
affect casualty survivability. mouth as academic faculty. In 2022, CDR Stuart was selected
to attend the Naval War College.
Spring Podcast
CDR Stuart is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, holds
The Podcast team is reviewing the following articles: a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Military and
iTClamp-Mediated Wound Closure Speeds Control Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of
of Arterial Hemorrhage With or Without Additional the Health Sciences, and is a Fellow of the American College
Hemostatic Agents by Sean M. Stuart, et al. (p. 87 of Emergency Physicians, American Academy of Emergency
of the Winter 2022 edition) Medicine, and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. He will
review iTClamp-Mediated Wound Closure Speeds Control of
The Effect of Prehospital Blood Transfusion on Arterial Hemorrhage With or Without Additional Hemostatic
Patient Body Temperature from the Time of Emer- Agents on p. 87 of the Winter 2022 edition.
gency Medical Services Transfusion to Arrival at the
Emergency Department by Elizabeth M. Mannion, We would love your feedback.
et al. (p. 46) Please email podcast@jsomonline.org.
Effectiveness of and Adherence to Triage Algo-
rithms During Prehospital Response to Mass Casu-
alty Incidents by Michael Lauria (p. 59)
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