Search Results - "Gross, Kirby R."
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The Effect of a Golden Hour Policy on the Morbidity and Mortality of Combat Casualties
Published in JAMA surgery (01-01-2016)“…The term golden hour was coined to encourage urgency of trauma care. In 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates mandated prehospital helicopter transport of…”
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The Key to Combat Readiness Is a Strong Military–Civilian Partnership
Published in Military medicine (03-05-2021)“…ABSTRACT Introduction In peacetime, it is challenging for Army Forward Resuscitative Surgical Teams (FRST) to maintain combat readiness as trauma represents…”
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training, Knowledge, and Utilization in the US Army
Published in Military medicine (07-01-2020)“…Abstract Introduction Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is the execution of prehospital trauma skills in the combat environment. TCCC was recognized by the…”
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Army General Surgery's Crisis of Conscience
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Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-08-2024)“…The clinical demands of mass casualty events strain even the most well-equipped trauma centers and are especially challenging in resource-limited rural,…”
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A 20-year retrospective analysis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism among combat casualties requiring damage-control laparotomy at US military Role 2 surgical units
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-08-2024)“…Combat casualties receiving damage-control laparotomy at forward deployed, resource-constrained US military Role 2 (R2) surgical units require multiple…”
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Missing in action: A bibliometric analysis of military research in the medical literature since 1950
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-08-2024)“…Top-tier general and specialty scientific journals serve as a bellwether for national research priorities. We hypothesize that military-relevant publications…”
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Military use of tranexamic acid in combat trauma: Does it matter?
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-10-2017)“…Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been previously reported to have a mortality benefit in civilian and combat-related trauma, and was thus added to the Joint Theater…”
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A 12-Year Analysis of Nonbattle Injury Among US Service Members Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
Published in JAMA surgery (01-09-2018)“…Nonbattle injury (NBI) among deployed US service members increases the burden on medical systems and results in high rates of attrition, affecting the…”
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Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-07-2018)“…Observational/retrospective/historic controls, level IV…”
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A Military-Specific Injury Scoring System to Aid in Understanding the Golden Hour-Reply
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Evaluation of role 2 (R2) medical resources in the Afghanistan combat theater: Initial review of the joint trauma system R2 registry
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-11-2016)“…A Role 2 registry (R2R) was developed in 2008 by the US Joint Trauma System (JTS). The purpose of this project was to undertake a preliminary review of the R2R…”
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The use of rigid eye shields (Fox shields) at the point of injury for ocular trauma in Afghanistan
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-09-2014)“…Unlike hemorrhagic injuries in which direct pressure is indicated, any pressure placed on the eye after penetrating trauma can significantly worsen the injury…”
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The Military Injury Severity Score (mISS): A better predictor of combat mortality than Injury Severity Score (ISS)
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-07-2016)“…The Military Injury Severity Score (mISS) was developed to better predict mortality in complex combat injuries but has yet to be validated. US combat trauma…”
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Paying it forward: Four-year analysis of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Mentoring Program
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-07-2017)“…Mentorship programs in surgery are used to overcome barriers to clinical and academic productivity, research success, and work-life balance. We sought to…”
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Exercise-Induced Changes in Compensatory Reserve and Heart Rate Complexity
Published in Aerospace medicine and human performance (01-12-2019)“…Portable noninvasive Heart Rate Complexity (HRC) and Compensatory Reserve Measurement (CRM) monitors have been developed to triage supine combat casualties…”
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The First 30 Months Experience in the Non-Doctrinal Operation Inherent Resolve Medical Theater
Published in Military medicine (01-05-2019)“…Abstract Introduction U.S. military forces were redeployed in 2014 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), operating in an austere theater without the…”
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Prehospital pain medication use by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
Published in Military medicine (01-03-2015)“…We report the results of a process improvement initiative to examine the current use and safety of prehospital pain medications by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan…”
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Army Air Ambulance Blood Product Program in the Combat Zone and Challenges to Best Practices
Published in Aerospace medicine and human performance (01-08-2016)“…Identify challenges and best practices in the development of an austere air ambulance transfusion program. A search of PubMed using combinations of the key…”
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