Ian Stanley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychological Health Lead for the CU Center for COMBAT Research, talks about the mental health toll of the California Wildfires, coping with loss, and how to support friends and loved ones during the recovery process.
The FIPI team, led by Dr. Emmy Betz, has made tremendous contributions to military medicine through their work to prevent firearm-related injuries and death, specifically firearm suicide prevention since 2023. Within the DOD, suicide is consistently a leading cause of death, with firearms accounting for 65-81% of suicides across components in CY2022. Data indicate ready access to a firearm increases the risk of death by suicide. To address the growing epidemic of military firearm suicide, the FIPI has developed unique, individual, and community-based lethal means safety approaches that incorporate psychosocial risk factors, personal beliefs around firearms, and novel strategies for education. See also: Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative.
The SAVE-O2 Research Team, led by Dr. Adit Ginde at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå, has made significant contributions to military medicine through their examination of supplemental oxygen and the benefits of targeted normoxemia in critically injured and ill patients. The Team’s efforts have led to the determination that targeted normoxemia is safe, maintains and may improve clinical outcomes, and reduces the need for high concentrated oxygen. The team works closely with commands across the services and DHA to update training and clinical practice guidelines and provide data Advanced Development will use to inform requirements for next generation oxygen generator acquisitions.
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars: Lessons in Emergency Medicine: An Expert Interview With Lt. Col. Vikhyat S. Bebarta, MD,