Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
Spring 2018, Vol 18, 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
Military Prehospital Use of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood (15 - 18)
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA): Introduction (32)
Laboratory Model of a Collapsible Tube to Develop Bleeding Control Interventions (47 - 52)
The Myth of Hyperresilience Evolutionary Concept Analysis of Resilience in Special Operations Forces (54 - 60)
Intramuscular Tranexamic Acid in Tactical and Combat Settings (62 - 68)
Blood Lead Toxicity Analysis of Multipurpose Canines and Military Working Dogs (74 - 76)
Ocular Injuries and Cultural Influences in Afghanistan During 5 Months of Operation Enduring Freedom (77 - 80)
Canine Medicine
Prehospital Care of Canine Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (91 - 98)
Human Performance Optimization
Spiritual Fitness: An Essential Component of Human Performance Optimization (100 - 105)
Infectious Diseases
Giardiasis (106 - 107)
Injury Prevention
Law Enforcement & Tactical Medicine
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anaphylaxis During Law Enforcement Operations (113 - 117)
Operational Medicine in the Austere Environment
Prolonged Field Care
Documentation in Prolonged Field Care (126 - 132)
Prehospital Medicine and the Future Will ECMO Ever Play a Role? (133 - 138)
Editorial Response (139 - 140)
Patella Fracture in US Servicemember in an Austere Location (142 - 144)
SOFsono Ultrasound
I Can't Breathe-A SIPe of Water (145)
Special Talk: An Interview
You Never Know, Until You Know, and Then You Know: An Interview With COL (Ret) John F. Kragh Jr, MD (147 - 148)
Unconventional Medicine
Medicine on the Edge of Darkness (150 - 154)
The Death of The Golden Hour and the Return of the Future Guerrilla Hospital (155 - 156)
Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Meeting Minutes. 6-7 September, 2017; San Antonio, TX (164 - 171)