Pre-deployment checklists, cheat sheets and other resources now updated! Everything I am posting below could help anyone who finds themselves in over their heads in both actual Prolonged Field Care situations and training events. Print the following forms and cheatsheets and get familiar with using them. These are the same things that I personally pack in my aidbags and pelican boxes along with many other SOF medics with whom we have worked and trained. It won’t take much effort but will pay dividends later if the shit hits the fan. Everything posted below is available on different parts of the site but I wanted to put all of this stuff in one place for you easily pick through. It may look like too much but I promise it will help, THE HARD WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY YOUR OWN PEERS WHO HAVE LEARNED THE HARD WAY AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SITE!
Checklists and Cheatsheets:
Download all PFC Documentation
Other Useful Links:
Emergency Whole Blood Protocol
Opiate Analgesic Comparison Chart
Step by Step Surgical Checklist
SFMS Wound Management Algorithm
SFMS Sterile Surgical Pack and Sterilizer
Procedural Anesthesia Form 517
Open Globe Eye Injury Guidelines
CCATT Enroute Critical Care Patient Movement Record 3899L
Medical Clinic Assessment Form
PFC AAR Feedback and Data Collection Form 09Aug2017
Austere Deployment Planning:
Medical Planning for Special Operations Missions
Medical-Operations-Planning-Packet
Identify Medical Capability Gaps with the 10 Essential Capabilities Grid
Train With Your Team:
Skills Non-medical Team Members Should Know For PFC
Train Yourself and Get Smart on PFC:
Click Here to Listen to the PFC Podcasts
JSOM Article-Deconstructing Prolonged Field Care
JSOM Article-Operational Context
JSOM Article 10 Core PFC Capabilities
Blood and Fluid Resuscitation:
JSOM Article-PFC Fluid Therapy
Tactical Damage Control Resuscitation July 2015
Whole-Blood-The-Future-of-Traumatic-Hemorrhagic-Shock-Resuscitation-Shock-2013
PFC Fresh Whole Blood Transfusions FAQ (Nov 14)
Everything You Need to Know About Foley Catheters
Pharmacology, Analgesia and Sedation:
PFC WG Analgesia and Sedation Comments (Feb, 14)
Click to Download Opiate Analgesic Comparison Chart
MSMAID Acronym with Minimum, Batter, Best Packing List
12 Pharm Principles for SOF Medics Handout
Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Book
SOMA 2015 PFC Lesson Learned From SOF
Airway Considerations:
PFC WG Airway Recommendations (April, 14)
Scott Weingarts Dominating the Ventilator Handout
Procedures:
Converting and Removing Tourniquets JSOM Fall 2015 Edition
PFC WG Information Paper – Point of Care Lab Testing (December 2014)
Training and After Action Reviews:
USASOC PFCx Critical Care Comments- Powell
SOMSA 2014 AAR Comments From PFC Training (Dec 2014)
PFC Specific Hospital MPT Rotation AAR and Recommendations
SOMSA 2014 PFC Training Scenario
Hello Paul:
I know the next SOMA meeting is coming up in May. Just wondered if you could remind folks that the last print edition of the Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (SOFMH) was published in 2008, and the last SOFMH DVD edition was published in 2010. Even though I have retired now, I try to keep up with changes in military medicine, and I know that some of our published SOFMH information is now out of date. SOF medics may not even need or use hard copies or DVDs anymore, but I just wanted to remind leadership that it is probably time for updated editions if they are still using books and DVDs. Thank you!
Gay Thompson, RN, MPH
Madge Gay Dews Thompson
3832 NC 903 South
Winterville, NC 28590
USA
Cell Phone: 706.373.5113
Home Phone: 252.355.2276
mgdthompson@gmail.com
Nice Job Paul