How to maintain the readiness of forward deployed caregivers

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¹ From the Department of Surgery (M.D.T., M.C., J.D.), Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, San Diego, California; Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (P.R.), Westchester Medical Center-New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York; Department of Surgery (J.W.C.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (B.J.E.), University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Department of Surgery (M.M.M.), University of Colorado Health, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Department of Surgery (E.B.), Navy Medicine & Readiness Training Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Joint Trauma System, Defense Health Agency (S.A.S., J.M.G.), San Antonio, Texas; Department of Surgery (J.A.J.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Inova Trauma Center (A.G.R.), Falls Church, Virginia; Military Health System Strategic Partnership with the American College of Surgeons University of California (M.M.K.); San Francisco, California; Military Health System Strategic Partnership with the American College of Surgeons (M.M.K.), Chicago, Illinois; and Department of Surgery (J.M.G.), University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.

Matthew D Tadlock et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;90(5):e87-e94.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003054.

¹ From the Department of Surgery (M.D.T., M.C., J.D.), Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, San Diego, California; Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (P.R.), Westchester Medical Center-New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York; Department of Surgery (J.W.C.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (B.J.E.), University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Department of Surgery (M.M.M.), University of Colorado Health, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Department of Surgery (E.B.), Navy Medicine & Readiness Training Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Joint Trauma System, Defense Health Agency (S.A.S., J.M.G.), San Antonio, Texas; Department of Surgery (J.A.J.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Inova Trauma Center (A.G.R.), Falls Church, Virginia; Military Health System Strategic Partnership with the American College of Surgeons University of California (M.M.K.); San Francisco, California; Military Health System Strategic Partnership with the American College of Surgeons (M.M.K.), Chicago, Illinois; and Department of Surgery (J.M.G.), University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.

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Intricacies and complexities of maintaining military medical readiness: The Sri Lankan Strategy, in response to "How to Maintain the Readiness of Forward Deployed Caregivers".
Ratnayake A, Worlton TJ. Ratnayake A, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Aug 1;91(2S Suppl 2):S267-S268. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003269. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021. PMID: 34324476 No abstract available.
Authors' response: "How to Maintain the Readiness of Forward Deployed Caregivers" or what is the role of Global Health Engagement in military medical readiness?
Tadlock MD. Tadlock MD. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Aug 1;91(2S Suppl 2):S268-S269. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003270. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021. PMID: 34324477 No abstract available.

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