A5028174015- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Disaster Response and Management
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Blood transfusion and management
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
- Healthcare and Venom Research
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Infectious Diseases and Mycology
- Global Health and Surgery
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Global Maternal and Child Health
Emory University
2025
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
2020-2024
Future conflicts against near-peer competitors require proficient physicians to mitigate operational morbidity and mortality. Recent literature suggests that current patient demographics staffing models may not sustain the combat care skills of military physicians. However, skill sustainment at overseas treatment facilities located within foreign countries has been examined. This article investigates characteristics procedural performance rates U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Emergency...
ABSTRACT Background Navy corpsmen (medics) serving in Marine Corps units face unique barriers seeking personal medical care because of their dual roles as caregivers and service members. The challenges quality, privacy, self-care expectations military contexts are amplified by operational demands the close-knit nature communities, influencing corpsmen’s health care-seeking behaviors overall readiness. This study aims to identify specific facilitators affecting treatment-seeking among III...
Naval operations rely on Corpsmen to provide combat casualty and primary care services the fleet, including Fleet Marine Force. The United States faces new conflict challenges with near-peer adversaries in modern geo-political climate. will likely require skills for patients anti-access/area-denial regions transport across expansive maritime environments. To help them adapt these challenges, we evaluated need curriculum reform at III Expeditionary Force (MEF). This model begins a general...
Operation Allies Welcome provided a unique opportunity for military medical personnel to engage in humanitarian assistance operations on bases the USA. With thousands of Afghan nationals evacuated from Kabul August 2021 various installations across USA, Military Health System was tasked with health screening, emergency care, and disease prevention surveillance resource-limited settings. Marine Corps Base Quantico served as "safe haven" site December 2021, providing refuge nearly 5000...
Exsanguination due to extremity hemorrhage is a major cause of preventable traumatic deaths. Extremity tourniquet use has been shown be safe and improve survival. The purpose this study was compare the efficacy, efficiency, durability Generation 7 Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT; North American Rescue, Greer, SC), Tactical Mechanical (TMT; Medical Systems, Harrisburg, NC), SOF Tourniquet-Wide (SOFTT-W; Solutions, Anderson, SC).This three-phase randomized, cross-over trial. In successive...
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a method gaining proximal control noncompressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH). Catheter placement traditionally confirmed with fluoroscopy, but few studies have evaluated whether ultrasound (US) can be used.Using pressurized human cadaver model, certified REBOA placer was shown one four randomized cards that instructed them to place either correctly or incorrectly in Zone 1 (the distal thoracic extending from celiac artery left...
Introduction: Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a relatively uncommon cause of sinus pain and congestion. Extreme cases may require specialty evaluation surgical treatment. Case Report: In this case, an otherwise healthy young man presented to the emergency department with congestion for two weeks was admitted surgery resection his AFS. Conclusion: This case demonstrates how thorough history physical exam can help catch potentially serious diseases, such as allergic sinusitis, from...