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Sometime some simple surgeries are the most satisfying. Sharing a transformative story of one of our patients at Arete Hospitals. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/g9_AxZKm

Cost vs Care. Providing our forces with educated, trained, and experienced trauma surgeons is an ethical imperative. Failure to do so violates our values. Outsourcing medical treatment to civilian doctors degrades the ability to care for the wounded. Trauma care is an essential readiness and combat function. https://lnkd.in/efEVvfSa

Interested in the topics discussed at #TacTrauma24 ? Check out the work done by Davie Gray and help him with the research by filling out the online survey. ⬇️ #research #performance #mindset

Live demonstration of immediate strength increase at Windy Hill Athletic Club. These are called energy enhancer patches. They were designed for and used by US Navy Seal Team 6, THE Seal team that caught Osama...These are used for natural sports performance enhancement Jaco Ex-CIA/US Navy Seal Team 6 member talks about patches https://lnkd.in/gSSiva6j We can reverse the affects of age at a cellular level,expedite the time it takes for a player access or develope their prime, increase strength, stamina, brain processing power, cognition, increase skeletal muscle mass, speed up recovery time, reduce pain immediately, speed up recovery from significant injury, and be proactive in injury prevention. 44 yr old man who was told he was too old to have surgery for his torn meniscus...healed without surgery: https://lnkd.in/gEPczd2u Joann Dementia reversal 7 weeks (if it does this for a 80 year old imagine what it does for a healthy brain) https://lnkd.in/g7Ss4ur2

This post shows how bad the VA is these days and how little they care I went to the VA a year ago... 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121 [Google Maps Link to VA Hospital I went to] https://lnkd.in/g87Y4jyK And they said after I had my skateboard fracture I wouldn't be able to use my arm. They didn't even point me in any useful direction. Later I went to... [Google Maps link to the non-VA hospital that actually did a good job] https://lnkd.in/gZQwX47X Where they have me surgery and PT. Now after lots of recovery I'm back at lifting and curling 60lb dumbbells. This isn't the only time I've had issues with the VA and this is another reason why we need Trump to put them into check. [link to "Archives .gov" where it shows how much Trump has helped Veterans] https://lnkd.in/g2SGp_t5 Note that this is an official gov website and I'm a real case of viewing Biden's VA negligence. The importance of getting Trump back in office! Veteran suicides literary lowest with Trump [link to "Military Times" showing that Veterans have the lowest suicides since 2006] https://lnkd.in/ggwtP69Z But before Trump could do anything, the fake news tried to stop him [link to "The Guardians" website claiming trump was not going to help with suicides] https://lnkd.in/giRTE6rG But later, historical data proved Trump right!! #veterans #veteransaffairs #trump #trump2024 #suicide #suicideprevention #medical #surgery #hospitalityindustry #hospital

MORE AMAZING MILITARY MEDICINE ECMO MILESTONES Great story about the longest Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) mission in the history of ECMO within the DOD. This is a true Joint Team effort. They also completed the first ECMO circuit change in a moving C-17 Globemaster.  This mission was conducted to bring Marine Cpl Travis Reyes from Australia to Brooke Army Medical Center after a tragic Osprey crash during an exercise in August claimed the lives of three other US Marines.  Learn more about the USAISR Burn Team in the article. ECMO is a critical care medicine procedure where a patient is connected to a machine via plastic tubes, or cannulas. The machine then pulls blood from the patient, infuses it with oxygen, and then pumps the blood back into the patient. This allows blood to bypass compromised cardiovascular or pulmonary systems and buys the patient and care team valuable time. ECMO is just one of many critical skill sets that military medical professionals can use to bring wounded warriors home alive. #militarymedicine #ecmo #jointcapabilities #readiness #technology #healthcare https://lnkd.in/eMpeTARE

A powerful story on the investing in the personnel and people side of the war in Ukraine, especially the need for physical and mental rehabilitation as a core component of national resilience and reconstruction. Useful insights for tomorrow’s conflicts.

ADVANCES IN TRAUMA TRIAGE TECHNOLOGY There is some interesting technology coming out of MRDC to predict the risk of significant hemorrhage in the trauma setting. This is yet another example of how Military Medicine is innovating to improve care on the battlefield and at home. From the article: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence-powered smartphone application developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command's Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute that uses vital-sign data from trauma patients to assess their risk of hemorrhage. The clearance is a major milestone that allows MRDC to license the invention for use in military applications that could save the lives of trauma combat casualties who are at risk of massive blood loss. #savinglives #trauma #triage #hemorrhage #militarymedicine Military Health System Joint Trauma System (JTS) DoD Center of Excellence for Trauma https://lnkd.in/gntnKkGY

First, I think the word tactical is overused; it seems to be another buzzword, but if a medic is supporting a specialized team, then they should be operational medics; they are different from your street medics who come from the same place but should be able to work independently and in possible austere or remote areas. When packing a bag, there are so many options a medic should consider, but what is the real goal? Get the wounded officer or civilian to higher care; if that is stabilizing, then a turnover to EMS, your bag is light; if you are working with interdiction teams and independent and in austere environments, your kit is more considerable, and your team should be assisting, with carrying extra med kit to take the load off the medic. Military teams are used to it, but for some civilians who work in a very productive EMS system, I have found that it is not the case, especially if they are working as operational medics but still under EMS protocols, they might be required to do more than just MARCH.

https://lnkd.in/gdncPx23 I recently posted the NY Times article published this past Tuesday titled "Chronic Brain Trauma Is Extensive in Navys Elite Speed Boat Crews". This article by Johan Ullman and Ron Carpenter (ret SWCC CWO5), show that there is legitimate research to show the violence of fast boat wave slamming, and how repetitive wave slamming causes repetitive sub-concussive impacts. The fact that a SWCC fast boat hits a wave on a once a second interval, means SWCC fast boats accumulate up to 3600 impacts with waves in one hour. I have done countless 8, 10 hour trips on the MKV SOC at 50 knots the entire way... for up to 12,000 hours of boat time. If you are a SWCC operator, or other entity in the Navy, Coast Guard, or foreign Maritime Special Operators... you have probably millions of sub-concussive impacts just like we do as SWCC. As time goes by, these impacts will begin to take a toll on your brain and body. You will experience PTS symptoms, anxiety, depression, migraines, headaches, sleep apnea, insomnia, and many other issues.... some call all of this "Operator Syndrome". I highly recommend collaborating with those of us who have been down this path, and are working to make sure the VA provides proper ratings, and your PCM provides proper diagnosis and care. If you're active duty SWCC and folks are telling you , that you should not be talking about this... wow. They are not taking care of you. When you retire, they won't care about you. No one is coming to help you. You need to start helping yourself!!!