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Internal Medicine in Vietnam Volume III: Drug Abuse in Vietnam, The Heroin Epidemic (2025)

Drug Abuse in Vietnam, The Heroin Epidemic is the third volume of the Internal Medicine in Vietnam series. The previous books in the series are Volume I: Skin Diseases in Vietnam, 1965-72 and Volume II: General Medicine and Infectious Diseases. This book opens with a history of drug use in the military, tracing back to the Civil War. It details the measures taken by the military to address the heroin epidemic during the Vietnam War and the response of the Army Medical Department. The book also includes observations and data collected from heroin users by one of the authors during the war, as well as a discussion of follow-up studies conducted in the United States on those identified as heroin users. The heroin epidemic within the military during the Vietnam War significantly influenced public perceptions of the conflict. It affected a predominantly drafted military force, exacerbated by the widespread availability of the drug. The epidemic shocked many and played a major role in ending the war. As highlighted in this book, it also led to the abolition of the draft and the establishment of an "all volunteer" military.

Critical Topics in Military Occupational Health (2025)

The concept of occupational health has come a long way from its roots in 16th century Europe to its integral part of today’s military workforce. The successful application of occupational health principles and practices increases productivity and workforce morale, reduces staffing and labor costs, prevents accidents and hazards, and produces an overall higher quality of work. Written and compiled by experts in the occupational health field, this comprehensive 19-chapter book addresses occupational threats from the environment, military equipment, and deployed situations such as dangerous exposures to lead, laser radiation, and chemical weapons. The authors discuss a wide breadth of topics, from assessment and preventive measures that lead to broader programs, such as those of hearing and vision conservation, ergonomics, and crew vulnerability, to the development, practice, and application of medical surveillance. Troop readiness and mission effectiveness are intrinsically linked to medical cost reduction and better and smarter ways to manage medical resources. Awareness, education and training, and investments in management systems and infrastructure are key components to successful occupational health outcomes.

Prolonged Care (2025)

The focus on casualty care during approximately 6-to 72-hour post injury completes a missing component in the continuity of care at locations such as the battalion aid station. Prolonged Care addresses this gap. Combat casualties who require extended pre-evacuation care have survived to reach a safe place. Still, that location is without surgical capabilities, is not designed to hold patients for more than a few hours, and likely has limited resources. Providing medical care to stabilized casualties before evacuation to a higher role is a critical lifesaving skill set for non-surgeon prehospital medical personnel.

Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft: Fieldcraft II | Part 3 of a 3 Part Series (2024)

The entire 3-part series covers the complete course of instruction for Army Medical Department medics (military occupational specialty: 68W) across the continuum of care from routine sick call through care under fire to individual resilience and recovery. This volume, Part 3, Fieldcraft II, completes trauma management and introduces other important combat medic topics: triage, suicide prevention, environmental threats, and humanitarian and legal standards in war. Each chapter begins with a list of core concepts, defines key terms, and provides review questions throughout the text. Many chapters also illustrate specific procedures with step-by-step photographic “skill drills.
*Note: Part 2 of 3, Fieldcraft I, contains combat medic skills that are undergoing significant revision. This volume will be published last to ensure the most current information is included.

Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft: Limited Primary Care | Part 1 of a 3 Part Series (2023)

The entire 3-part series covers the complete course of instruction for Army Medical Department medics (military occupational specialty: 68W) across the continuum of care from routine sick call through care under fire to individual resilience and recovery. This volume, Part 1, Limited Primary Care, focuses on providing care during sick call. It builds and reinforces foundational combat medic skills. Topics include patient assessment and management, medical documentation, pharmacology and medication administration, infection prevention, venipuncture, systems primary care, and basic wound care. Each chapter begins with a list of core concepts, defines key terms, and provides review questions throughout the text. Many chapters also illustrate specific procedures with step-by-step photographic “skill drills.”

From Baghdad to Bagram: Personal Accounts of Deployed Gynecologic Surgeons (2023)

The role of the gynecologic surgeon, 60J, during the US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was one that was an integral part of the team, albeit a unique role. The 60J had the ability, knowledge, and training to focus on readiness, health, and the delivery of care while developing and optimizing their (at times) scarcely available resources. They were utilized in different missions: from the initial invasion with US Army Cavalry and Marines, which was mainly composed of men, and subsequent non-gynecologic trauma cases, to completing strategic humanitarian missions that provided orphaned children with healthcare, clean water, and electricity. This book details the personal stories and lessons learned from 60Js who were deployed during US military operations from 2001-2015 (OIF, OEF, OND).

Combat Readiness through Medicine at the Battle of Antietam (2022)

This publication highlights important medical innovations and improvements gained from the deadliest day in US history, the Battle of Antietam. This pivotal US Civil War battle helped shape future combat medical readiness practices in the US Army. The Battle of Antietam provides important lessons in battlefield tactics, leadership, command and control, communications, and unit training that improve the nation`s readiness to bring combat power to commanders in the field of battle. It was during this battle that the US Army solidified its emerging plan to decisively combat battlefield mortality, which marked the beginning of true combat readiness through medicine. This publication is applicable to the entire range of health care in the Department of Defense and can serve as a valuable learning aid for a variety of military and civilian medical professionals. This study can be used in conjunction with the US Army Center of Military History`s Staff Ride Guide: Battle of Antietam or it can be used separately as a focused analysis of military medicine.

Army Medicine Starts Here! A Pictorial History of the Army Medical Center of Excellence, 1920-2020 (2021)

Marking 100 years of Army professional medical training, this centennial edition of Envision, Design, Train adds another chapter to document the previous decade, bringing the chronicle up to 2020. The book will now complete the history of a century of training that began at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, relocated to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, after World War II, and continued evolving to meet the needs of military medicine into its present incarnation as the Army Medical Center of Excellence.

US Army Physician Assistant Handbook, Edition 2 (2021)

The Army physician assistant (PA) has an important role throughout Army medicine. This handbook will describe the myriad positions and organizations in which PAs play leadership roles in management and patient care. Chapters also cover PA education, certification, continuing training, and career progression. Topics include the Interservice PA Program, assignments at the White House and the Old Guard (3d US Infantry Regiment), and roles in research and recruiting, as well as the PA’s role in emergency medicine, aeromedical evacuation, clinical care, surgery, and occupational health. Updated and expanded, the second edition of the PA Handbook will cover changes to the Army PA profession since the first edition of this essential handbook was developed.

Biomedical Implications of Military Laser Exposure (2020)

Lasers will continue to play an important and sometimes dangerous role on the modern battlefield. At present, there is no adequate comprehensive protection against accidental or intentional exposure to lasers in combat. Thus, it is critical that the field of laser safety research develop preventative protocols and prophylactic technologies to protect the warfighter and to support military operational objectives. This book details the current state-of-the-art in scientific, biomedical, and technical information concerning the effects of military lasers on the human body. An important purpose of this book is to identify current knowledge gaps in the various areas of this interdisciplinary field, and to offer specific recommendations for laser safety research and development into the future.

A History of the Army Blood Program: How Leaders and Events Shaped the Way Soldiers Receive Lifesaving Blood (2020)

This book presents the unique history of the Army Blood Program through texts and articles, and more importantly, through the personal communication with many retired leaders who played critical roles in guiding the program. The significance of this upcoming book is that the past 40 years may have been the most dynamic period in the program’s history with many more outstanding leaders who provided their own experiences within the program. Throughout its 60+ year history, the Army Blood Program has developed into a leading supplier of blood and blood products for the military community. In 1973 Military Blood Banking 1941–1973: Lessons Learned Applicable to Civil Disasters and Other Considerations was published. This monograph’s purpose was to apply lessons learned in the military blood program from the end of World War II through the Vietnam War to the medical management of small to medium mass casualties at US civilian medical centers. All of these leaders knew that it was necessary to pass on experiences and lessons learned to future generations of leaders. However, since 1973, there has not been any published history of the Army Blood Program.