Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

The Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook is a comprehensive reference designed for combat and special forces medics in the field, it is also a must-have reference for any military or emergency response medical personnel, particularly in hostile environments. Developed as a primary medical information resource and field guide for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM). As a grid-down medical reference for the doomsday prepper it can't be beaten. Defines the standard of health care delivery under adverse and general field conditions. Organized according to symptoms, organ systems, specialty areas, operational environments and procedures. Emphasizes acute care in all its forms (including gynecology, general medicine, dentistry, poisonings, infestations, parasitic infections, acute infections, hyper- and hypothermia, high altitude, aerospace, dive medicine, and sanitation.). DO NO HARM, DO KNOW HARM The following medical texts should be in the preps of every serious off-grid survivor: Ranger Medic Handbook Special Operations Medical Handbook STP 31-18D34-SM-TG A MOS 18D Special Forces Medical Sergeant PART A: Skill Levels 3 and 4 STP 31-18D34-SM-TG B MOS 18D Special Forces Medical Sergeant PART B: Skill Levels 3 and 4

This illustrated manual includes the following chapters: Part 1: Operational Issues Operational Issues: Care Under Fire Operational Issues: Hospital Survey Operational Issues: General Medical Site Survey Checklist Operational Issues: Site Survey, Veterinary Annex Operational Issues: Pararescue Primary Medical Kit Packing List Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Ruck Pack List Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Vest Pack List Operational Issues: Suggested M5 Packing List Operational Issues: Naval Special Warfare Combat Trauma AMAL Operational Issues: Patient Considerations Operational Issues: 9 Line MEDEVAC Request Operational Issues: Helicopter Landing Sites Operational Issues: CASEVAC with Fixed Winged Aircraft Operational Issues: Air Evacuation Phone List Part 2: Clinical Process Clinical Process: Medical History and Physical Examination Part 3: General Symptoms Symptom: Acute Abdominal Pain Symptom: Anxiety Symptom: Back Pain, Low Symptom: Breast Problems: Mastitis Symptom: Breast Problems: Breast Abscess Incision and Drainage Procedure Symptom: Chest Pain Symptom: Constipation Symptom: Cough Symptom: Depression and Mania Symptom: Acute Diarrhea Symptom: Dizziness Symptoms: ENT Problems Symptoms: Eye Problems: Acute Vision Loss without Trauma Symptom: Eye Problems: Acute Red Eye Without Trauma Symptom: Eye Problems: Orbital or Periorbital Inflammation Symptom: Eye Problems: Eye Injury Symptom: Fatigue Symptom: Fever Symptom: GYN Problems: Female Pelvic Examination Symptom: GYN Problems: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Acute Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Chronic Symptom: GYN Problems: Vaginitis Symptom: GYN Problems: Bacterial Vaginosis Symptom: GYN Problems: Candida Vaginitis/Vulvitis Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Symptom: GYN Problems: Bartholin’s Gland Cyst/Abscess Symptom: Headache Symptom: Jaundice Symptom: Joint Pain Symptom: Joint Pain: Shoulder Pain Symptom: Joint Pain: Hip Pain Symptom: Joint Pain: Knee Pain Symptom: Joint Pain: Ankle Pain Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Genital Inflammation Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis/Scrotal Mass Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Prostatitis Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis Torsion Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Epididymitis Symptom: Memory Loss Symptom: OB Problems: Pregnancy Symptom: OB Problems: Vaginal Delivery Symptom: OB Problems: Preterm Labor (PTL) Symptom: OB Problems: Relief of Shoulder Dystocia Symptom: OB Problems: Breech Delivery Symptom: OB Problems: Cesarean Section Symptom: OB Problems: Episiotomy and Repair Symptom: OB Problems: Preeclampsia/Eclampsia Symptom: Palpitations Symptom: Rash and Itching Rash with a Fever Symptom: Shortness of Breath (Dyspnea) Symptom: Syncope (Fainting) Part 4: Organ Systems Chapter 1: Cardiac/Circulatory Cardiac: Chapter 2: Blood Chapter 3: Respiratory Chapter 4: Endocrine Endocrine: Adrenal Insufficiency Chapter 5: Neurologic Chapter 6: Skin Chapter 7: Gastrointestinal (GI) Chapter 8: Genitourinar Part 5: Specialty Areas Chapter 9 Podiatry Chapter 10: Dentistry Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Chapter 12: Zoonotic Diseases Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases (ID) Chapter 14: Preventive Medicine Chapter 15: Veterinary Medicine Chapter 16: Human Nutritional Deficiencies Chapter 17: Toxicology Chapter 18: Mental Health Chapter 19: Anesthesia Part 6: Operational Environments Chapter 20: Dive Medicine Chapter 21: Aerospace Medicine Chapter 22: High Altitude Illnesses Chapter 23: Cold Illnesses and Injuries Chapter 24: Heat-Related Illnesses Chapter 25: Chemical, Biological, and Radiation (CBR) Injuries Chapter 26: CBR: Biological Warfare Chapter 27: CBR: Radiation Injury Part 7: Trauma Chapter 28 Trauma Assessment Chapter 29: Human and Animal Bites Chapter 30: Shock Chapter 31: Burns, Blast, Lightning, & Electrical Injuries ... and more.

This handy guide is packed with the all the info you need to stay alive and well in the field, including disease diagnosis and treatment, drugs and dosages, emergency paramedical skills and preventive medicine. Special sections cover wartime emergencies (burn and blast injuries; nuclear, biological and chemical warfare; and emergency surgery) as well as primitive and veterinary medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics and orthopedics. Also includes practical survival techniques.

720 pages. Twenty years have passed since the forerunner of this book, the last edition of The U.S. Army Special Forces Medical Handbook, was published. The world has changed dramatically in those twenty years, with new weapons, threats and diseases emerging. Advancing technology and an explosive proliferation of medical information on the Internet have revolutionized medical practice. However, the mission of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) medic has not changed: unaided, the medic provides care with limited resources in austere, hostile, stressful, and isolated environments, without the capability to evacuate the patient for up to seventy-two hours. The scope and standards of the SOF medical mission are radically different from those found in a fixed-facility, fully equipped and staffed hospital in a peaceful setting in the United States. Few in the civilian (or even military) medical profession ever are challenged with the conditions in which SOF medics practice medicine daily. The SOF medic still has the ultimate medical mission. Despite the proliferation of medical information, no single reference source has emerged addressing the varied and complicated needs of the SOF medic. As a result, conflicting information and even misinformation have created confusion over the most basic medical questions, possibly endangering the lives of those we are committed to helping. The SOF medical community had to remedy this dangerous situation by creating a new SOF Medical Handbook, one that provides guidance to medics in our special environment, answering the hard diagnostic and treatment questions as best as possible. These answers are based on the best possible knowledge and tailored to the austere mission - in plain, straightforward language, without excuses, conditions or academic musings.

Historically in warfare, the majority of all combat deaths have occurred prior to a casualty ever receiving advanced trauma management. The execution of the Ranger mission profile in the Global War on Terrorism and our legacy tasks undoubtedly will increase the number of lethal wounds. Ranger leaders can significantly reduce the number of Rangers who die of wounds sustained in combat by simply targeting optimal medical capability in close proximity to the point of wounding. Directing casualty response management and evacuation is a Ranger leader task; ensuring technical medical competence is a Ranger Medic task. A solid foundation has been built for Ranger leaders and medics to be successful in managing casualties in a combat environment. The true success of the Ranger Medical Team will be defined by its ability to complete the mission and greatly reduce preventable combat death. Rangers value honor and reputation more than their lives, and as such will attempt to lay down their own lives in defense of their comrades. The Ranger Medic will do no less.

In this book, two national-security experts put the exploits of America’s special operation forces in historical and strategic context. David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb offer an incisive overview of America’s turbulent experience with special operations. Starting with in-depth interviews with special operators, the authors illustrate the diversity of modern special operations forces and the strategic value of their unique attributes. Despite longstanding and growing public fascination with special operators, these forces and their contribution to national security are poorly understood. With this book, Tucker and Lamb dispel common misconceptions and offer a penetrating analysis of how these unique and valuable forces can be employed to even better effect in the future. The book builds toward a comprehensive assessment of the strategic utility of special operations forces, which it then considers in light of the demands of future warfare. This second edition of United States Special Operations Forces, revised throughout to account for lessons learned in the twelve years since its first publication, includes two new case studies, one on High Value Target Teams and another on Village Stability Operations, and two new appendixes charting the evolution of special operation missions and the best literature on all aspects of U.S. special operation forces.