Spring - United States Special Operations Command

This picture depicts SOF medics, corpsmen and PJs operatingin different types of environmentsThe Journal of Special Operations Medicine is an authorized official quarterly publication of the United States SpecialOperations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. It is in no way associated with the civilian Special Operations MedicalAssociation (SOMA). Our mission is to promote the professional development of Special Operations medical personnel byproviding a forum for the examination of the latest advancements in medicine.The views contained herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official Department of Defense position.This publication does not supercede any information presented in other Department of Defense publications.Articles, photos, artwork, and letters are invited, as are comments and criticism, and should be addressed to Editor, Journalof Special Operations Medicine, USSOCOM, SOC-SG, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd., MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5323. Telephone:DSN 968-5442, commercial: (813) 828-5442, fax: -2568; e-mail JSOM@socom.mil.All scientific articles are peer reviewed prior to publication. The Journal Of Special Operations Medicine reserves the rightto edit all material. No payments can be made for manuscripts submitted for publication. Published works may be reprinted,except where copyrighted, provided credit is given to the Journal of Special Operations Medicine and the authors.From The StaffAs we continue to involve you, our readers, in the production of this journal, your submissions and photos are what areneeded to make this journal unique. It is a sharing of your missions and your lives as you go forth as instruments of nationalforeign policy. We can’t do it without your input. You are what the journal is all about.This journal is one of the most excellent and righteous tools we have to span all the SOF services, to share medical informationand experience unique to this community. The JSOM survives because of generous but time-consuming contributionssent by clinicians, researchers and former medics from all the services who were SOF qualified and/or who served with SOFunits. We need your help. We are always looking for SOF-related articles from current and/or former SOF medical veterans.If you have contributions great or small… fire ‘em our way. Our E-mail is: JSOM@socom.mil.A recent addition to the JSOM is the offering of CMEs. We are currently working with USUHS, our sponsor for CMEsfor the physicians, PAs and nurses. In this edition, you will find CMEs offered on “Part 2- Dive Medical Brief ” (Part 1 wasin our Winter Edition) and “Diagnosis and Treatment of Cough” articles.In this edition of the JSOM, we honor our fallen brothers, Master Sgt. William McDaniel and Staff Sgt. Juan Ridout, killedin support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM .Word from the "field" is that they would like to see the following types of articles in future JSOMs:Tricks of the Trade… anything from simple more effective bandaging to doing more with less (supplies, meds), keeping IVswarm, treatment of hotspots and blisters, Colloids vs. Crystalloid fluid replacement, IV infusion in extremities vs. intraosseousfluid infusion; Poor-man’s Gatorade recipe, improvised laxatives or antidiarrheals or anything improvised for that matter;herbal medicine… any relevance or uses that are legitimate; articles dealing with trauma, infectious disease processes and/orenvironment and wilderness medicine type articles; more photos accompanying the articles or alone to be included in the photogallery associated with medical guys and/or training.The fact is most everybody that has read an article on a technique or concept knows of another way of doing the same thingthat's perhaps faster, easier, or, dare I say...better. Just like any patrol or observation of a target… the more eyes the better. Ifyou, the readers, have knowledge of such things as listed above or at least know where to find info on a particular subject… letus know here. We’ll hunt down where you think you saw that information and see if we can't either re-print it for the rest ofthe readers or at the very least pass along where information of interest can be found. OK, enough said… keep your eyes openand let us know. Thanks.Lastly, our distribution list continues to expand daily. Requests for the journal have come from all services: frommedics to physicians, from clinical to operational units as well as from the retired and civilian communities. We are doing ourbest to see that all who will benefit from the journal receive it. Want to continue to receive the JSOM when you PCS? Pleasesend us your new address as soon as you know it so we can make the changes in our distribution database. We are losing a lotof money in returned postage; you can help prevent this. Either fill out a change of address form and mail it to us or send itto JSOM@socom.mil. Enjoy this edition of the journal, send us your feedback, and get those article submissions in to us:sea/mdd2Journal of Special Operations Medicine