Background Mass casualty civilian shootings present an uncommon but recurring challenge
to emergency services around the world and produce unique management demands. On …

Based on lessons learned, many military battlefield trauma advances ultimately transition to
enhance civilian trauma care. However, even with major strides to enhance battlefield …

ABSTRACT Introduction The Military Health System serves to globally provide health
services and trained medical forces. Military providers possess variable levels of …

Thirteen years of continuous combat operations have enabled the US Military and its
coalition partners to make a number of major advances in casualty care. The coalition …

Dismounted Complex Blast Injuries: A Comprehensive Review of... : Journal of the American
College of Surgeons Dismounted Complex Blast Injuries: A Comprehensive Review of the …

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has a long history of collaboration with the US
military, dating back as far as World War I under the leadership of the principal founder of the …

Advances in combat casualty care have improved combat survivability over the past two
decades. However, these outcomes remain incompletely framed in the broader context of …

This White Paper summarizes the state of readiness of combat surgeons and provides
action recommendations that address the problems of how to train, sustain, and retain them …

Importance Aortic occlusion (AO) is a lifesaving therapy for the treatment of severe traumatic
hemorrhagic shock; however, there remains controversy whether AO should be …

Amputations and unsalvageable injuries with devastating tissue loss are common in the
combat wounded. Reconstructive transplantation in the civilian setting using vascular …