Out of the crucible : how the US military transformed combat casualty care in Iraq and Afghanistan / senior editors, Arthur L. Kellermann, Eric Elster ; associate editors, Charles Babington, Racine Harris.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Kellermann, Arthur L., editor.

Elster, Eric, editor.

Babington, Charles, editor.

Harris, Racine, editor.

Borden Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Standardized Title:

Out of the crucible (Kellermann)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Military--United States.

Medicine, Military.

Soldiers--Wounds and injuries--United States.

Soldiers.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care--History.

United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Emergency medical services.

Emergency Medical Services.

Military Medicine.

War-Related Injuries--therapy.

War-Related Injuries--rehabilitation.

Afghan Campaign 2001-.

emergency medical centers.

Armed Forces--Medical care.

Soldiers--Wounds and injuries.

Iraq.

Medical Subjects:

Emergency Medical Services.

Military Medicine.

War-Related Injuries--therapy.

War-Related Injuries--rehabilitation.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Afghan Campaign 2001-.

Genre:

Online resources.

History

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

How the US military transformed combat casualty care in Iraq and Afghanistan

Place of Publication:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (BI, viewed December 12, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Out of the crucible (Kellermann) Out of the crucible

ISBN:

9780160941788

0160941784

9780160941672

0160941679

OCLC:

1015251212