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Dr. Jim Czarnik: Ranger Paratrooper Physician Delivering Battlefield Care Under Fire and Learning to Cope with the Impact (Part Two)

Dr. Czarnik is a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Surgeon of US Army Special Operations Command
In this episode we continue our conversation with Dr. Czarnik as he describes some memorable cases he had as a military Emergency Medicine Physician.  He talks about the critical role medics play in supporting the military health system both deployed and in garrison.  They are truly the “first responders” on the battlefield.  Ten years of Special Operations experience took a toll on Jim both at work and at home.  He talks about dealing with PTSD and developing resilience in challenging situations.
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Dr. Jim Czarnik: Ranger Paratrooper Physician Delivering Battlefield Care Under Fire: Understanding Operational Medicine (Part One)

Dr. Czarnik is a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Surgeon of US Army Special Operations Command
  In this episode hear about what military operational medicine physicians do and about the Ranger’s combat jump into Afghanistan after 9/11 as well as providing care under fire in austere locations with special operations units.  He uses these anecdotes to weave a thread of lessons learned including the importance of “training as you fight” and checking your ego at the door (It’s not about you, it’s about the mission).  He brings you some true behind the scenes glimpses about what it’s like to be an Emergency Medicine physician specializing in operational medicine and providing care to the Special Operations community.
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Major General (Dr.) Telita Crosland: Medical Corps Leadership from the Korean Peninsula to the Pentagon and beyond

Dr. Crosland is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician and serves as the Army Deputy Surgeon General and Chief of the Army Medical Corps
 
In this episode she describes the role of Army Deputy Surgeon General and what value military medicine brings to the warfighters both in support and strategy development.  She provides insights into how military medicine can build on the successes from previous conflicts to prepare for whatever the military will face in the future.  All the members of the military medical team are critical and making sure they are individually ready and can function effectively together as a large or small unit is a priority.  Learn how a little 5- year old girl from New York with a dream about becoming a doctor embarked on her journey to a storied career in Army Medicine.
 
 
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Dr. Tyson Becker: Preparing Combat Surgeons for Difficult Operative Situations and Tough Battlefield Decision Making

Dr. Tyson Becker is a fellowship trained Army trauma surgeon and consultant to the US Army Surgeon General for General Surgery
In this episode he describes how surgeons must be prepared for operating outside their normal comfort with a story about needing to do a neurosurgery in a remote location at 7500 feet when weather prevented evacuation.  He also discusses and provides an example of how combat surgeons must make decisions based on limited supplies that aren’t encountered in stateside civilian practice. Humanitarian surgical care in Ghana, Africa and Central America are described.  He talks about how he was led to develop the Strategic Trauma Readiness Center of San Antonio (STaRC), and how the experience and knowledge of learned in past high-volume surgical periods is used to prepare surgeons and small teams for upcoming combat surgery missions.
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Dr. Bonnie Hartstein: Optimizing the limited resource of EM physicians on the battlefield and improving the quality and safety of military healthcare.

Dr. Hartstein is a dual boarded Army Pediatrician and Emergency Medicine Physician and the Army Emergency Medicine Consultant to the Surgeon General.
On this episode learn the role of emergency medicine physicians on the battlefield and the challenges that emergency medicine physicians face in the military. Dr. Hartstein also discusses mass casualty situations and activating a walking blood bank while deployed. She talks about her humanitarian work through the Army, and her work to improve quality and safety throughout military healthcare. 
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Dr. Sam Preston: Behavioral Health Expertise on the Battlefield and Beyond- Coping with Bad News, Combat Stress and Eliminating the Stigma of Seeking Help.

Dr. Preston is an Army psychiatrist and the Chief of the Office of the Surgeon General, Behavioral Health Division. 
On this episode learn why psychiatrists and behavioral health expertise is critical to the Military wartime mission, and what psychiatrists do in a war zone. Hear how psychiatrists are force multipliers by ensuring good mental health practices. Also learn tips for how to break bad news, and how to help prepare yourself and your unit for combat stress while at the same time breaking down the barriers and stigma associated with seeking behavioral healthcare.  He also discusses his role in assisting the Nepalese Army with a suicide crisis, helping save a military marriage in serious trouble and much more. 
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Dr. Catherine Kimball-Eayrs: Why pediatricians are critical to military medical mission success and how they are uniquely prepared to care for warfighters.

Dr. Kimball-Eayrs is an Army pediatrician and the is the Army General Pediatrics Consultant to the Surgeon General. 
On this episode learn why pediatricians are critical in the Army and what pediatricians do on the battlefield and at home.  She describes lessons learned downrange as well as at Combat Unit training centers in the U.S.  She explains what a Chief Experience Officer does and why it is important. Hear about best saves both stateside and in a combat zone and much more!
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Dr. Stacy Shackelford: The development of the Joint Trauma System and improving care from point of injury through the spectrum of medical evacuation.

 Dr. Shackelford is an Air Force trauma surgeon and Chief of the Joint Trauma System.
 
She discusses the development of the Joint Trauma System and how we use the data from the battlefield to guide trauma surgery going forward.   She also discusses why she focuses much of her research on prehospital battlefield care, as many as 90% of the battlefield casualties occurred before they arrived at a hospital.
Check out all the Joint Trauma System has to offer here https://jts.amedd.army.mil/ 
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