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Education and Practice

Tactical Medicine—Competency-Based Guidelines

Richard Bruce Schwartz From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.Correspondence[email protected]
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John G. McManus From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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John Croushorn From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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Gina Piazza From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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Phillip L. Coule From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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Mark Gibbons From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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Glenn Bollard From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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David Ledrick From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
, MD,
Paul Vecchio From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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E. Brooke Lerner From the Department of Emergency Medicine (PLC) and the Center of Operational Medicine (PV), Medical College of Georgia (RBS, GP), Augusta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine (JGMcM, JC), Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the National Tactical Officers Association (MG), Baltimore, Maryland; the Department of Emergency Medicine (DL), Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; the Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and TEMS Section (GB), American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas.
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Pages 67-82 | Received 26 Feb 2010, Accepted 22 Jun 2010, Published online: 16 Feb 2011

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