Books in Production

Operational Planning Guidance for Operating Room Personnel: A Primer for Damage Control Procedures
In the multi-domain battlefield with dispersed operations and prolonged hold times, operating room (OR) personnel must prepare to care for a wide variety of trauma patients. The purpose of this guide is to assist operating room personnel in optimizing their roles within trauma care delivery in Role 2 and Role 3 environments. The guide outlines critical principles of damage control surgery and explains the rationale behind procedures that stabilize and save lives in rapidly evolving battle scenarios. It prepares surgical teams to think critically under pressure, adapt to resource limitations, and effectively manage multi-system injuries—skills equally valuable in humanitarian missions worldwide.

Emergency War Surgery (6th Edition)
This latest edition of Emergency War Surgery will be updated and expanded with new chapters on trauma at sea and prolonged casualty care. Other chapter revisions include the latest clinical practice guidelines and lessons learned. This publication expertly addresses the appropriate medical management of blast wounds, burns, multiple penetrating injuries, as well as other battle and non-battle injuries. Topics include triage, hemorrhage control, airway/breathing, shock and resuscitation, anesthesia, infections, critical care, damage control surgery, face and neck injuries, soft-tissue injuries, ocular injuries, head injuries, extremity fractures, thoracic injuries, amputations, abdominal injuries, pediatric care, and more.

Special Operations Combat Medic Protocols
Special Operations combat medics (SOCMs) are prepared to perform complex medical procedures in austere environments. This trauma and emergency medical care on the battlefield can take place under the threat of enemy fire and often with prolonged evacuation times. This book will contain SOCM protocols that are part of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) medical certification program for special operations advanced tactical practitioners. The book includes tactical trauma protocols (TTPs), tactical medical emergency protocols, recommended drug list, canine combat casualty care, burn quick-reference guide and nerve charts. USSOCOM TTPs include recommendations for advanced intervention such as fresh whole blood collection and administration in the field, head injury management, fasciotomy, escharotomy, and sedation. This book is intended to go from the Headquarters of USSOCOM to the special operation combat medic`s cargo pocket.

Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments (3rd Edition)
This updated pediatric version of Borden`s popular Emergency War Surgery Handbook applies lessons learned in past and present conflicts to ill and injured pediatric casualties. Topics include critical care, surgical treatment, and general medical management of acute and chronic conditions. Individual chapters address concerns such as anesthesia and intraoperative resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, aeromedical evacuation, thoracic surgery, surgery of the abdominal wall and diaphragm, fluid management, status epilepticus, care of the newborn, and emergency nutrition. Written and compiled by experts in the field of pediatric trauma, this book is constructed in an easy-to-read bullet format for quick reference and includes up-to-the moment treatment recommendations for ill or injured children in theaters of war and austere environments. Unfortunately, children are an often overlooked and under-reported population medically affected by war and conflict.