TCCC ATLS “CAB” – hemorrhage control before airway assessment “ABC” – airway, breathing, circulation assessment Incorporates situation into medical decision making (see Table 41.2) Does not take into account scene safety/tactical situation…
Daniel Grabo Chief of Trauma, NATO Role III Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 2014 Alec C. Beekley Staff Surgeon, 102nd Forward Surgical Team, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 2002–2003 Chief of…
Frank K. Butler, Jr. Assistant Platoon Commander, Underwater Demolition Team Twelve, Western Pacific, 1973 Surgeon, Joint Special Operations Task Force, Afghanistan, 2003 Russ S. Kotwal Regimental Surgeon, 75th Ranger Regiment:…
Donald H. Jenkins General Surgeon 355th EMEDS Masirah Island Oman Sep 2001–March 2002 332 EMEDS Balad Iraq Aug 2004–Nov 2004 44th MEDCOM Baghdad Iraq Nov2004-Mar 2005 USCENTCOM Baghdad Iraq and…
Peter Rhee Chief surgeon, Charlie Medical Company, Forward level II facility, Ar Ramadi, Iraq, 2006 Stacy Shackelford General surgeon, Qatar, 2005 General surgeon, Bagram Afghanistan 2008 Joint Theater Trauma System director,…
Brian Eastridge Trauma surgeon 947th Forward Surgical Team Afghanistan 2002 Deputy Commander Clinical Operations General and trauma surgeon 94th General Hospital Landstuhl Regional Medical Center 2003 Trauma surgeon Director, Joint…
Matthew J. Martin Chief of Surgery, 47th Combat Support Hospital, Tikrit, Iraq, 2005–2006 Chief, General Surgery and Trauma, Theater Consultant for General Surgery, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, 2007–2008…
Fig. 1.1 Heinrich Quincke. First description of esophagitis (Source: National Library of Medicine Images from the History of Medicine) Fig. 1.2 Joannes Baptista Morgagnus. First description of a hiatal hernia…
Esophageal perforation 1.5–6.5% Gastric perforation 1.5–4.5% Splenic injury Rare Pneumothorax 2–7.4% Immediate failure 2–4.5% Acute post-op volvulus 3–8% Delayed esophageal leak 3–4.5% Death (attributable) 0.5–3% From the technical standpoint, every…
Fig. 13.1 Intraoperative assessment and decision making algorithm Fig. 13.2 View after mediastinal dissection was completed Treatment Options The first totally laparoscopic approach to a modified Collis technique was described…
