Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
Spring 2015, Vol 15, Edition 1
ISSN: 1553-9768
Journal of Special Operations Medicine™
From the Publisher and Editor
In this Issue
News to Use
From the SOMA President
Meet the Experts
Peer-Review Board
Return to Duty After Severe Bilateral Lower Extremity Trauma (1 - 6)
Decompression Sickness Following Altitude-Chamber Training (11 - 15)
Laboratory Testing of Emergency Tourniquets Exposed to Prolonged Heat (32 - 28)
Initial Tourniquet Pressure Does Not Affect Tourniquet Arterial Occlusion Pressure (39 - 49)
Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation for Extremity Weakness: A Case Series (50 - 56)
Review, Clinical Update, and Practice Guidelines for Excited Delirium Syndrome (62 - 69)
A Study of Prehospital Medical Documentation by Military Medical Providers During Precombat Training (79 - 84)
Battlefield Analgesia: TCCC Guidelines Are Not Being Followed (85 - 89)
Human Performance Optimization
Mindfulness: A Fundamental Skill for Performance Sustainment and Enhancement (93 - 99)
Preventive Medicine
Staphylococcus sciuri: An Entomological Case Study and a Brief Review of the Literature (100 - 104)
Operational Medicine in the Austere Environment
Picture This
A Painful Rash in an Austere Environment (113 - 117)
Clinical Corner
Abdominal Pain (118 - 122)
Injury Prevention
The Importance of Physical Fitness for Injury Prevention: Part 1 (123 - 127)
Infectious Diseases
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (128 - 129)
Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How Masters of Irregular Warfare Have Shaped Our World (130)
Special Talk: An Interview
"We had the benefit of walking in those shoes, so let's make it better for these guys." (133 - 135)
TCCC Updates: CoTCCC Meeting 3-4 February 2015 Atlanta, Georgia (136 - 141)
TacMed Updates: Spring Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) Update (143 - 145)
Establishing TEMS Training Standards for Patrol Officers and Initial Responders (146)