Combat casualty care: A call to action

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Surgery (J.A.Y.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bay Shore, NY; 1st Medical Battalion (J.A.Y.), Camp Pendleton, California; CSTARS Cincinnati (V.S.), Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Surgery (V.S.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program (T.M.P.), Washington, DC.

Jay A Yelon et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 1;99(3S Suppl 1):S1-S3.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004741. Epub 2025 Aug 6.

¹ From the Department of Surgery (J.A.Y.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bay Shore, NY; 1st Medical Battalion (J.A.Y.), Camp Pendleton, California; CSTARS Cincinnati (V.S.), Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Surgery (V.S.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program (T.M.P.), Washington, DC.

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