Bluetooth Tactical Headsets Improve The Speed of Accurate Patient Handoffs.

Background: The Committee on En Route Combat Casualty Care recently ranked the patient handoff as their fourth research priority. Bluetooth technology has been introduced to the battlefield and has the potential to improve the tactical patient handoff. The purpose of this study is to compare the traditional methods of communication used in tactical medical evacuation by Special Operations medical personnel (radio push-to-talk [PTT] and Tactical Medic Intercom System [TM-ICS]) to Bluetooth communication.

Ultrasound Use and Outpatient Management for Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis: A Case Report.

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis (PFT) is an orthopedic emergency that necessitates prompt diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is largely clinically based on Kanavel's four cardinal signs with all four symptoms being present approximately 22% to 56% of the time. Evidence suggests that PFT diagnosed within 48 h of onset does not need surgical intervention.

Novel Treatment of Prepatellar Bursitis.

A 31-yr-old soldier presented with an 8-mo history of right prepatellar bursitis with 1-mo history of pain and loss of range of motion. His symptoms did not respond to activity modification, compression, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, or repeated aspirations with fenestration. After thorough discussion, the soldier and his provider reviewed the literature and found a single case report of intrabursal sclerotherapy in two patients with recalcitrant prepatellar bursitis.