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A Special Call for Papers
The Tyranny of Distance: Protracted Care in a Resource-Constrained Environment/Looking for a Way Out
The application of patient care, particularly in military (or any austere or nonpermissive) environments, continues to suffer in a fashion similar to the application of military force itself. Strength diminishes with distance. Kenneth Boulding referred to this phenomenon as the "Loss of Strength Gradient" and showed reciprocally how the forward projection and staging of assets mitigated the amelioration of strength over distance. Tactical medicine has borrowed from this concept, pushing higher levels of care ever closer to the X. Despite this, crucial work is needed in the arena between stabilization and evacuation, especially when no fixed facility or higher level of care is available.
The Journal of Special Operations Medicine previously published articles addressing select components of prolonged care, which has been and will continue to be an increasingly prevalent issue. Our editorial staff is keenly interested in reviewing drafts and manuscripts furthering the conversation and evidence regarding prolonged and critical evacuation care. Whether tailored or complete, knowledge about resources and innovations in prolonged care in the combat environment is critical to the discussion.
The world will not diminish in size, conflicts will not be less expensive, and hostilities show no sign of abating. Our patients deserve clinicians who use the best emerging evidence to develop and deliver care at all levels.
Special Operations clinicians are the touchstone by which military medicine tests advances in care. Over the past decade-plus, we have pushed the envelope tremendously. Lest we lose the benefit of collective knowledge and our innovations stagnate as untold anecdotes, the professional action is to publish.
World of Special Operations Medicine
The purpose of the World of Special Operations Medicine column in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine is to help connect the non-US portions of the Special Operations Medicine community with the rest of the Special Operations Medicine community.
We are looking for 2 to 4 pages to include any picture and tables, if needed.
Opportunities: one per quarterly edition. Note deadlines at website.
Identification of Authors: by invitation, but we will look at uninvited works as well.
Ideas for consideration: Brief identification of the authors'' national SOF or SOF-relevancy, the who (individuals, units), the what (important issues, roles, missions, scholarly works, knowledge gaps), where (ground the global reader where you are and what it''s like), when (let them know what''s been going on the last couple of years and what you''re thinking will be important to you for the next few), why (you can discuss any new items that are special to you and your nation that are relevant for the globe to know). Particularly key on items that are relevant to your connection to the world community so that the World of Special Operations Medicine knows about you and can relate to you better.
we recommend that an outline of your ideas are checked with the editors early for feedback before much is written.
Contact: editor@JSOMonline.org.
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