Front Line Surgery

Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACSMadigan Army Medical CenterDepartment of SurgeryMadigan Army Medical Center9040 Fitzsimmons DriveATTN: MCHJ-CLSTacoma, WA 98431Office: (253) 968-2361Cell: (253) 973-9747matthew.j.martin16.mil@mail.miltraumadoc22@gmail.comAlec C. Beekley, MD, FACSTrauma/Acute Care and Bariatric SurgeonThomas Jefferson University HospitalPaoli Hospital Trauma CenterAssociate Professor of SurgeryThomas Jefferson University Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery1100 Walnut Street7th Floor, Medical Office BuildingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19107Office:  (215) 955-2165Cell: (215) 519-0674alec.beekley@jefferson.edualec.beekley@gmail.comMatthew J. Eckert, MD, FACSAssociate Trauma Medical DirectorAssociate Program Director, General Surgery ResidencyDepartment of SurgeryMadigan Army Medical Center9040 Fitzsimmons DriveATTN: MCHJ-CLSTacoma, WA 98431(253) 968-2200matthew.j.eckert.mil@mail.milmatteckert1@gmail.com

• Tactical Combat Casualty Care.- Combat Triage and Mass Casualty Management.- Initial Management Priorities: Beyond ABCDE.- Damage Control Resuscitation.- To Operate or Image? (Pulling the Trigger).- Ultrasound in Combat Trauma.- The Bowel: Contamination, Colostomies, and Combat Surgery.- Liver and Spleen Injury Management in Combat .- Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries (Don’t Mess with the…).- Operative Management of Renal Injuries.- Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma.- To Close or Not to Close: Managing the Open Abdomen.- Dismounted Complex Blast Injury Management.- Thoracic Approaches and Incisions.- Lung Injuries in Combat.- Diagnosis and Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injury.- Thoracic Vascular Injuries: Operative Management in “Enemy” Territory.- Chest Wall and Diaphragm Injury.- Soft Tissue Wounds and Fasciotomies.- Extremity Fractures and the Mangled Extremity.- Traumatic Amputations.- Peripheral Vascular Injuries.- The Neck.- Genitourinary Injuries (Excluding Kidney).- Neurosurgery for Dummies.- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurocritical Care.- Spine Injuries.- Face and Head (Non-Ocular) Injury.- Managing Eye Trauma in the Combat Environment.- Burn Care in the Deployed Setting.- The Pediatric Patient in Wartime.- The Combat Hospital ICU.- Postoperative Resuscitation.- TEG/ROTEM Driven Resuscitation in Trauma.- Monitoring.- Ventilator Management: A Practical Approach to Respiratory Failure in Combat.- Practical Approach to Combat-Related Infections and Antibiotics.- Patient Transfer, En-route Care, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT).- The Homefront: Role 4 and 5 Care.- Active Shooter and Intentional Mass Casualty Events.- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC): Principles and Practice.- Humanitarian and Local National Care.- Expectant and End of Life Care in a Combat Zone.- Trauma System Development and the Joint Trauma System.- The Next Generation of Hemorrhage Therapy.- Resident Readiness and Training the Surgeon for Battlefield Care.- The Deployed Advanced Care Provider.- Military Civilian Collaboration for National Preparedness During Peace and War.- Battlefield Resuscitation of the Future.- Non-Conventional Forward Surgical Elements.- Appendix A. Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: Field Expedient Methods in a Forward Environment.- Appendix B. Burn Charts and Orders.- Appendix C. Resources, References, and Readiness.- Appendix D.  “C” BNRE Primer for Surgeons.