Helicopter Crashes in the Deployed Combat Setting: The Department of Defense Trauma Registry Experience.

Background: Military helicopter mishaps frequently lead to multiple casualty events with complex injury patterns. Data specific to this mechanism of injury in the deployed setting are limited. We describe injury patterns associated with helicopter crashes.

Myasthenic Crisis After Recurrent COVID-19 Infection.

A patient with myasthenia gravis who survived 2 COVID-19 infections required plasmapheresis to recover from an acute crisis.

Prehospital Intervention Analysis of Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan.

Background: Based on isolated case reports, military helicopter mishaps often result in multiple critical casualties leading to complicated stabilization and evacuation by healthcare providers. The aim of this retrospective descriptive analysis is to describe the incidence of common prehospital injuries associated with rotary wing crashes in order to improve mission planning and casualty survivability.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from the Prehospital Trauma Registry and the Department of Defense Trauma Registry (DoDTR) from April 2003 through May 2019.

Anterior Mediastinal Mass Causing Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation.

Mediastinal masses are a rare finding in the emergency department and typically present with vague chest complaints such as chest discomfort, chest pain, or dyspnea. Rarely do these tumors present with dysrhythmias, and when dysrhythmias are present, they typically arise secondary to endocrine or metabolic effects exerted by the tumor. Here we report a case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, concomitant with a history of recurrent palpitations that were previously aborted with self-induced vagal maneuvers.