Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
Summer 2019, Vol 19, Edition 2
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
Mottled, Blanching Skin Changes After Aggressive Diving (14 - 17)
Differential Diagnosis of an Unusual Snakebite Presentation in Benin: Dry Bite or Envenomation? (18 - 22)
Use of Atomized Intranasal Tranexamic Acid as an Adjunctive Therapy in Difficult-to-Treat Epistaxis (23 - 28)
Cypress Creek EMS Basic Tactical Operational Medical Support Course (34 - 39)
Ease of Use of Emergency Tourniquets on Simulated Limbs of Infants: Deliberate Practice (41 - 47)
Best Tourniquet Holding and Strap Pulling Technique (48 - 56)
Resilience and Suicide in Special Operations Forces: State of the Science via Integrative Review (57 - 66)
Development of a Field-Expedient Vascular Trauma Simulator (73 - 76)
Sulfur Mustard Exposure: Review of Acute, Subacute, and Long-Term Effects and Their Management (81 - 86)
A Comparison of Prehospital Versus Emergency Department Intubations in Iraq and Afghanistan (87 - 90)
Survival of Casualties Undergoing Prehospital Supraglottic Airway Placement Versus Cricothyrotomy (91 - 94)
Canine Medicine
In Vitro Compatibility of Canine and Human Blood: A Pilot Study (95 - 99)
Human Performance Optimization
Optimizing Warfighter Lethality Through Human Performance Education (100 - 104)
Infectious Diseases
Measles Vaccination: A Matter of Confidence and Commitment (105 - 106)
Injury Prevention
Exertional Heat Stroke: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention (108 - 116)
NATO SOCM Research
Introduction to the NATO Special Operations Combat Medic Research Ongoing Series (117)
Introduction to the NATO Special Operations Combat Medic Research Ongoing Series (118 - 121)
Prolonged Field Care
Update: Five Years of Prolonged Field Care in Special Operations Medicine (122)
Fever of Unknown Origin in US Soldier: Telemedical Consultation Limitations in a Deployment to West Africa (123 - 126)
SOFsono Ultrasound
Without Jumping to Conclusions (127)
Unconventional Medicine
Book Review
Ray Banta's War: A Combat Surgeon in World War II China (138)
Military Medicine in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Review (139 - 140)
Body Cavity Bombers: The New Martyrs. A Terrorism Research Center Book (141)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care Skill Sets by Responder Level. 22 April 2019 (143 - 145)