Tag: Medicine

Episode 37: PFC from the NGO Perspective With Alex Potter of GRM

Alex Potter and Global Response Management positioned themselves far forward on the front lines of the battles for Mosul when times were tough and the International military and humanitarian response to the ISIS was in its infancy.

Non-Governmental Organizations, Non-Profits and Volunteers have been providing critical services on the battlefield for millennia. Historically the traditional view of medical care in conflict zones was that the military focused on victory Continue reading “Episode 37: PFC from the NGO Perspective With Alex Potter of GRM”

Podcast Episode 36: ROLO to SOLO: The Logistics of Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion

A Special Operations Battalion Surgeon explains how to easily navigate the logistics of setting up a battalion wide blood transfusion program.

The Trauma Hemostasis and Oxygenation Research (THOR) Network including the 75th Ranger Regiment, NORNAVSOF, and others have led the way in re-implementing type-O, low titer fresh whole blood far forward with the Ranger type-O Low titer(ROLO) program. Continue reading “Podcast Episode 36: ROLO to SOLO: The Logistics of Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion”

Podcast Episode 33: TIVA: Another Look at Pre-Hospital Analgesia and Sedation

Rick Hines has spent the last 20+ years in service to his country much of it deployed to combat zones and other unstable, austere environments and is dedicated to improving SOF Medicine.  He made it a point to spend a fair amount of time with surgical teams when possible and has gained quite a bit of real world knowledge that we hope to pass on to a wider audience here. Continue reading “Podcast Episode 33: TIVA: Another Look at Pre-Hospital Analgesia and Sedation”

Podcast Episode 31: CBRN for Dummies By COL Missy Givens

In this live recording, guest lecturer COL Missy Givens shares the CBRNe knowledge she has learned while working as a clinical toxicologist, among many other positions, around the world including as the SOCAFRICA Command Surgeon where she personally helped prepare members of 10th SFG(A) to deal with some of the most venomous snakes in the world.

TCCC+MARCHE(2) for CBRNe

  • Mask
  • Antidote
  • Rapid Spot Decon
  • Counter Measures
  • Head Injury and Hypothermia
  • Evacuation

CRESS for chemical agent identification

  • level of Consciousness
  • Respirations
  • Eyes (miosis)
  • Secretions
  • Skin (blisters)

We will also post the PPT slides as soon as we can.

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Additional Reading

Free JSOU Book: “The Death of the Golden hour and the Return of the Guerilla Hospital” COL (RET) Warner D. “Rocky” Farr M.D.

Death of the Golden Hour and the Return of the Guerilla Hospital

Hardcover version available free to anyone with a .mil email address!

If you have a .mil or .gov email address, you may contact the JSOU Press editors to request print copies of JSOU Press publications.”

From the Back Cover:

Colonel Warner “Rocky” Farr has made an important contribution to the body of SOF knowledge with this well-researched monograph. He advances the understanding of the many challenges and accomplishments related to guerrilla warfare medicine—care provided by predominantly indigenous medical personnel under austere conditions with limited evacuation capability— by providing a survey of the historical record in UW literature. Colonel Farr relates many historical experiences in the field, assesses their effectiveness, and lays a foundation for further in-depth study of the subject. The Joint Special Operations University is pleased to offer this monograph as a means of providing those scholars and operators, as well as policymakers and military leaders, a greater understanding of the complex and complicated field of guerrilla warfare medicine.

Download the PDF: The Death of the Golden Hour and the Return of the Guerilla Hospital -COL (RET) Warner D. Rocky Farr MD

http://jsou.libguides.com/jsoupublications/2017

COL (RET) Warner D. “Rocky” Farr Bio

PFC Grand Rounds Talk at UC Davis Health

Here is a great video on PFC and the cases we helped collect from Airforce MAJ Eric DeSoucy, DO doing a Grand Rounds talk for the Department of Surgery at UC Davis.

 

Here is a great video on PFC and the cases we helped collect from Air Force MAJ Eric DeSoucy, DO doing a Grand Rounds talk for the Department of Surgery at UC Davis.

Here is the study he referenced in the video which he also happened to head up for our working group and the Joint Trauma System.

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New JTS AAR Submission Forms for Data Collection Trauma Registry

These singular stories are called anecdotes and while powerful and personal do not represent similar patient outcomes even in similar situations.  They are not science.  They do not take into account the vast number of variables that were present in that particular situation.  Often these stories can mislead and misinform medical practice by inexperienced medics and practitioners due to that powerful personal experience clouding that person’s own judgment. Experienced providers will take the sum of their experiences and add the most current and applicable science to make the most informed decision possible.

Stories and experiences can sometimes bring relevancy to a situation you are in or to a point you are trying to make while instructing. These singular stories are called anecdotes and while powerful and personal do not represent similar patient outcomes even in similar situations. They are not science. They do not take into account the vast number of variables that were present in that particular situation. Often these stories can mislead and misinform medical practice by inexperienced medics and practitioners due to that powerful personal experience clouding that person’s own judgment.

Continue reading “New JTS AAR Submission Forms for Data Collection Trauma Registry”