Tactical management of urban warfare casualties in special operations

Military Medicine, Apr 2000 by Butler, Frank K Jr

Panelists

Lt Col Robert Allen

Lt Col Allen is an emergency physician currently serving as the Senior Medical Officer for the 24th Special Tactics Squadron at the Air Force Special Operations Command. He is a Flight Surgeon and one of only two Diving Medical Officers in the Air Force. He is the head medical officer for Special Operations Pararescue and has extensive field experience in this area.

CAPT Frank K. Butler

CAPT Butler is a Navy ophthalmologist and diving medical officer. For the past 10 years, he has been the Director of Biomedical Research for the Naval Special Warfare Command. CAPT Butler has served previously as a platoon commander in the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL (Sea/Air/Land commando) teams. He also spent 5 years as a Diving Medical Research officer at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit. CAPT Butler was the Chief of Ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital Pensacola before assuming his current duties at the Naval Special Warfare Command. He also serves as an ophthalmic consultant to the Divers Alert Network.

Dr. Howard R. Champion

Dr. Howard Champion is the Director of the Research Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He is also Professor of Surgery, Senior Advisor in Trauma, and Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Champion is an internationally recognized trauma surgeon, critical care specialist, educator, and author. Dr. Champion has written over 200 reviewed articles and book chapters and serves on the editorial board and as a consultant reviewer for numerous medical publications. Dr. Champion was one of the first Trauma Fellows at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) in 1972 and subsequently became the Assistant Clinical Director of MIEMSS. He directed and developed the Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Services at the Washington Hospital Center, the MEDSTAR Trauma Unit, the MEDSTAR Helicopter Program, as well as the Trauma Surgical Training Program for military residents and fellows. Dr. Champion is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. He has served on the Board of Managers of the American Association for Surgery and the Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

LTC Cliff Cloonan

LTC Cloonan is a former Special Forces 18 Delta medic. He is also a registered nurse and an emergency medicine physician. LTC Cloonan is currently the Dean of the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center

LTC John Hagmann

LTC Hagmann is an emergency physician who is currently the Medical Director of the Casualty Care Research Center at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He has extensive experience in providing medical support and training to various Special Operations and federal law enforcement organizations.

LTC John Holcomb

LTC John Holcomb is an Army general surgeon with a special interest in trauma. He has deployed numerous times with Special Operations forces as a trauma surgeon. He was formerly the Chief of Military Trauma Research at the Army Institute for Surgical Research in San Antonio and is now the Military Director of the Tri-Senice Trauma Training Program at Ben Taub in Houston. LTC Holcomb was one of two trauma surgeons in Mogadishu during the time of the Battle of the Black Sea and performed life-saving surgical procedures for 36 consecutive hours after the engagement.

COL Craig H. Llewellyn

COL Llewellyn is a preventive medicine specialist with vast experience in Special Operations medicine. He is the immediate Past President of the Special Operations Medical Association. During his 24 years of active duty in the Army he served as the Group Surgeon with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. COL Llewellyn was also the Manager of the Combat Casualty Care Research Program for the Army Surgeon General, the Commander of the U.S. Army Biomedical Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, and the Commandant of Students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

CPT Robert Mabry

CPT Mabry enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from high school in 1984. His first 3 years of service were spent as a machine gunner and infantry team leader in the 3rd Ranger Battalion. In 1987, he attended the Special Forces Qualification Course and spent the next 8 years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a Special Forces medic. In 1995, he completed his medical school pre-requisites and was accepted into the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. CPT Mabry graduated from medical school in May of 1999 and is currently an intern at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. CPT Mabry was a participant in the Battle of Mogadishu. CPT Mabry's rank during the panel discussion was Second Lieutenant.