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Out of the crucible : how the US military transformed combat casualty care in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Authors

Kellermann, Arthur
Elster, Eric
Babington, Charles
Harris, Racine
Borden Institute (U.S.)

Subjects

Medicine, Military--United States.
Soldiers--Wounds and injuries--United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Afghan War, 2001-
Emergency Medical Services.
Military Medicine.
War-Related Injuries--therapy.
War-Related Injuries--rehabilitation.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Afghan Campaign 2001-
Armed Forces--Medical care.
Medicine, Military.
Soldiers--Wounds and injuries.
United States--Armed Forces--Medical care--History.
Iraq.
United States.
History.

Language

English

Published

Fort Sam Houston, Texas : Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, 2017.

Publication Desc

1 online resource (xxv, 438 pages) : color illustrations

ISBN

9780160941788

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Print version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Content Note

Foreword /Arthur L. Kellerman and Eric Elster -- Foundations. A soldier's story / Daniel B. Allyn -- A heritage of innovation / Dale C. Smith ; Learning from "Black Hawk Down" / Brian C. Lein -- Educating military health leaders / Craig Llewellyn, Jerri Curtis and Brian V. Reamy ; Bushmaster's legacy / Kelly A. Murray -- Combat casualty care research / David G. Baer, Andrew Cap and Todd E. Rasmussen -- Futurist thinking: military health services system 2020 / Patrick Scully and William R. Rowley -- Innovations. The health challenges of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom / Stephen L. Jones and Clinton K. Murray -- Force health protection: preventing deployment-related diseases and nonbattle injuries / Mark S. Riddle, John W. Sanders and Bonnie Smoak -- The joint trauma system / Jeffrey Bailey, Donald Jenkins and Susan West ; The military's "Learning healthcare system" / Donald M. Berwick -- Devising countermeasures: the Joint Trauma Analysis for Prevention of Injury in Combat Program / Colin M. Greene -- Battlefield tourniquets / John F. Kragh Jr. and John B. Holcomb ; Getting the right equipment into theater / Jeffrey W. Timby -- Tactical combat casualty care / Frank K. Butler and Robert Mabry -- Topical hemostatic agents / Patrick Georgoff, Peter Rhee and Hassan Alam -- MEDEVAC lessons from the Iraqi and Afghan Wars / Robert Mabry ; Preventing in-flight hypothermia on MEDEVAC helicopters / Bruce L. Gillingham -- The forward surgical team / Stephen P. Hetz -- Damage control surgery / Michael F. Rotondo, William Schwab and Brian J. Eastridge ; One team, one fight / Kory Cornum and Rhonda Cornum.
Balanced resuscitation / Jeremy W. Cannon, Peter M. Rhee and Martin A. Schreiber -- Tranexamic acid / Matthew J. Martin and Todd E. Rasmussen -- Battlefield pain control: 19th century medicine meets a 21st century conflict / Chester C. Buckenmaier III and Guy F. Disney ; Ketamine for battlefield pain relief / Andrew D. Fisher -- Decompressive craniectomy and control of vasospasm / M. Benjamin Larkin, Brian Curry, Rocco Armonda and Randy Bell -- Advancing burn care during combat / Leopoldo C. Cancio -- Combat ocular trauma / Marcus H. Colyer and Kevin Jackson -- Controlling pain with "soldier-friendly" regional anesthesia / Chester C. Buckenmaier III and Brian Wilhelm -- Helicopter evacuation with en route critical care nurses / Marla J. De Jong, James J. Geracci and Kimberlie Biever ; Tactical critical care evacuation from the point of entry / Bart O. Iddins -- Telehealth in the Centra Command Region / Daniel Kral and Ron Poropatich ; A pediatrician goes to war / Martin G. Ottolini -- Critical care air transport teams / Jay Johannigman and Paul K. Carlton Jr ; A different paradigm / Thomas W. Travis -- Limb salvage and reconstruction / Benjamin K. Potter and Romney C. Andersen -- Preventing and treating infectious complications in wounded warriors / Clinton K. Murray, Daniel R. Robles and David R. Tribble -- Advances in combat amputee care / Paul F. Pasquina and Benjamin K. Potter ; A message from Boston / Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes -- Rehabilitationn of blast casualties with traumatic brain injury / Paul F. Pasquina, Louis M. French and Rory A. Cooper ; Americans helping wounded warriors / Arnold Fisher.
Recognition and management of posttraumatic stress disorder and combat-related stress reactions / James C. West, Gary H. Wynn and David M. Benedek -- Warrior care and transition: patient-centered care for wounded, ill, and injured warriors / Eric B. Schoomaker ; A former wounded warrior's personal journey / Gregory D. Gadson -- Assessing suicide risk and resilience in service members: the Army STARRS Program / Robert J. Ursano, Paul E. Hurwitz, Robert K. Gifford and Murray B. Stein -- Family and community support / Stephen J. Cozza, Paula Rauch and Mary Keller -- Challenges. Anticipating the challenges of potential battlefields / Stephen L. Jones, Bruce L. Gillingham and Sean L. Murray -- Prehospital casualty care: the next frontier / Robert L. Mabry and Russ Kotwal -- Pushing past the limits: strategies to advance rsuscitation and recovery / Matthew J. Martin, Hassan Alam and Jeremy Perkins -- Endovascular control of bleeding / Joseph J. Dubose and Todd E. Rasmussen -- Optimizing surgical outcomes with biomarker-based decision-making / Eric Elster and Arnaud Belard -- Neuroscience / Alicia T. Crowder, Jamie Grimes and Regina C. Armstrong ; Targeting traumatic brain injury / Richard W. Thomas -- Applying regenerative medicine to battlefield injuries / Anthony Atala, Jonathan Forsberg and Karen Richardson -- In-theater research: optimizing the combat environment to continue to advance the state of the science / Lisa Osborne, M. Margaret Knudson and John B. Holcomb -- Human performance optimization / Patricia A. Deuster and Francis G. O'Connor -- Beyond the battlefield: civilian-military trauma collaboration / John H. Armstrong, M. Margaret Knudson and David B. Hoyt ; Ensuring the future of military trauma care / Raquel Bono -- Homecoming / Thomas W. Travis -- Afterword / Jonathan Woodson and Charles L. Rice.