WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast
Doug Soderdahl, Wayne Causey, Kevin Kniery
Welcome to WarDocs!
This is a podcast developed and hosted by 3 Army surgeons, Doug, Wayne and Kevin who all possess a passion to honor the legacy and preserve the oral history of Military Medicine and get the amazing stories of these healthcare heroes to our listeners. We will take a behind the scenes look into unique opportunities and experiences told firsthand from current and former military medical professionals and provide interesting and informative content about the mission, history, contributions, and achievements of Military Medicine from all the members of the team. You will better understand what Military Medicine does in deployed environments as well as the peacetime mission and how these healthcare providers train for the next conflict. You will also hear some incredible stories of how these WarDocs bring first class medical care from Level 1 Trauma Centers to the most austere of conditions in every corner of the globe Please visit our website at www.wardocspodcast.com to get additional information about our hosts and our guests and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you like war stories and medical drama, WarDocs has you covered. Spread the word!
This is a podcast developed and hosted by 3 Army surgeons, Doug, Wayne and Kevin who all possess a passion to honor the legacy and preserve the oral history of Military Medicine and get the amazing stories of these healthcare heroes to our listeners. We will take a behind the scenes look into unique opportunities and experiences told firsthand from current and former military medical professionals and provide interesting and informative content about the mission, history, contributions, and achievements of Military Medicine from all the members of the team. You will better understand what Military Medicine does in deployed environments as well as the peacetime mission and how these healthcare providers train for the next conflict. You will also hear some incredible stories of how these WarDocs bring first class medical care from Level 1 Trauma Centers to the most austere of conditions in every corner of the globe Please visit our website at www.wardocspodcast.com to get additional information about our hosts and our guests and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you like war stories and medical drama, WarDocs has you covered. Spread the word!
Episodes
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Aug 10, 2021 • 29min
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.
Find out more about COL (Dr.) Tyson Becker at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Aug 2, 2021 • 32min
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.
Find out more about COL (Dr.) Bonnie Hartstein at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 28, 2021 • 38min
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.
Find out more about LTC(P) Dr. Sam Preston at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 26, 2021 • 33min
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!
Find out more about COL (Dr.) Catherine Kimball-Eayrs at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 21, 2021 • 34min
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/
Find out more about Col (Dr.) Stacy Shackelford at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 19, 2021 • 39min
Dr. Kevin Chung: Using tragedy to develop life-saving innovations for critically injured patients and why the military has a medical school
Dr. Chung is a critical care physician and Chair of Medicine at Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland.
In this episode he discusses the role of critical care physicians on the battlefield and how his military career in burn medicine and critical care helped innovate battlefield care. He tells the story of how the death of six critically ill combat burn patients spurred an entire systemic change in how we manage combat evacuations and the many lives that have been saved because of it. This led to the burn clinical practice guidelines that are still used to this day. He describes why the Uniformed Services University is an important part of our medical system and it is critical to equipping physicians for military careers.
Dr. Chung is very active and influential on twitter follow him @chungk1031
Find out more about COL(Ret) Dr. Kevin Chung at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 14, 2021 • 35min
Dr. Heather Yun: Insights into the global impact and contributions of military infectious disease physicians and thoughts of a deployed mom with young children.
Dr. Yun is an Air Force Infectious Disease Physician and serves as the Deputy Commander of Medical Services at Brooke Army Medical Center
In this episode you will learn how critical infectious disease (ID) physicians are to the military health system. You will hear anecdotes about darting Howler monkeys in the study of exotic diseases and find out how the emotions of being deployed as a mother of young children. It’s not often you hear Door-Kicking Marines calling a doc and her team “Super BADA$$”. She describes some tough ID cases she has encountered and humanitarian missions to unusual places.
Find out more about Col (Dr.) Heather Yun at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jul 14, 2021 • 43min
Dr. Doug Soderdahl: Military Urologists use Unique Skills and Expertise to Multiply Combat Surgery Effectiveness on the Battlefield and Around the Globe.
In this episode, we interview COL(R) Dr. Doug Soderdahl. You will hear how military urologists support the warfighters in deployed environments and at home. Find out how a wannabee Army Helicopter Pilot found his way to Army Medicine and stayed for a 30+ year career. He describes stories from multiple deployments including an isolated GSW to the prostate, MASCAL triage challenges as well as a self-inflicted “Beretta Bite”. Dr. Soderdahl shares some unique experiences from Australian rappelling in Korea to humanitarian missions in Central America and Africa. Find out how a Social Media Dinosaur with one Facebook friend created an online resource for ~2000 Army physicians.
Find out more about Dr. Soderdahl on our webpage wardocspodcast.com.
See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/36YNlq1
Jun 29, 2021 • 2min
WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast - Trailer
A brief overview of what you can expect to hear on this podcast.
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Produced by Dr. Doug Soderdahl, Dr. Wayne Causey and Dr. Kevin Kniery
