Guerrilla Hospital Design and Lessons Learned.

The author discusses the lessons that can be learned from older sources when engaging in guerilla warfare medicine and surgery.

Causes of death in U.S. Special Operations Forces in the global war on terrorism: 2001-2004.

Background: Effective combat trauma management strategies depend upon an understanding of the epidemiology of death on the battlefield.

Methods: A panel of military medical experts reviewed photographs and autopsy and treatment records for all Special Operations Forces (SOF) who died between October 2001 and November 2004 (n = 82). Fatal wounds were classified as nonsurvivable or potentially survivable.

Causes of death in US Special Operations Forces in the global war on terrorism: 2001-2004.

Introduction: Effective combat trauma management strategies depend on an understanding of the epidemiology of death on the battlefield, resulting in evidence-based equipment, training, and research requirements.

Methods: All Special Operations Forces (SOF) fatalities (combat and noncombat) in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF/OIF) from October 2001 until November 2004 were reviewed. All available autopsy and treatment records and photographs were used.

Survey of U.S. Army commanders' experiences with brigade/battalion surgeons at Fort Hood, Texas.

This anonymous survey sent to every battalion and brigade commander at Fort Hood, Texas assessed the new concept of residency-trained operational physicians that had completed military unique curriculum series training. Commanders provided anonymous professional information about themselves and their assigned physicians and evaluated their physicians in 22 areas of medical and military competence using a linear scoring method from 2 (indicating poor) to 6 (indicating outstanding). Main effects and interaction effects were analyzed using multiple analysis of variance.