Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

This illustrated manual includes the following chapters:

Part 1: Operational Issues
Operational Issues: Care Under Fire
Operational Issues: Hospital Survey
Operational Issues: General Medical Site Survey Checklist
Operational Issues: Site Survey, Veterinary Annex
Operational Issues: Pararescue Primary Medical Kit Packing List
Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Ruck Pack List
Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Vest Pack List
Operational Issues: Suggested M5 Packing List
Operational Issues: Naval Special Warfare Combat Trauma AMAL
Operational Issues: Patient Considerations
Operational Issues: 9 Line MEDEVAC Request
Operational Issues: Helicopter Landing Sites
Operational Issues: CASEVAC with Fixed Winged Aircraft
Operational Issues: Air Evacuation Phone List

Part 2: Clinical Process
Clinical Process: Medical History and Physical Examination

Part 3: General Symptoms
Symptom: Acute Abdominal Pain
Symptom: Anxiety
Symptom: Back Pain, Low
Symptom: Breast Problems: Mastitis
Symptom: Breast Problems: Breast Abscess Incision and Drainage Procedure
Symptom: Chest Pain
Symptom: Constipation
Symptom: Cough
Symptom: Depression and Mania
Symptom: Acute Diarrhea
Symptom: Dizziness
Symptoms: ENT Problems
Symptoms: Eye Problems: Acute Vision Loss without Trauma
Symptom: Eye Problems: Acute Red Eye Without Trauma
Symptom: Eye Problems: Orbital or Periorbital Inflammation
Symptom: Eye Problems: Eye Injury
Symptom: Fatigue
Symptom: Fever
Symptom: GYN Problems: Female Pelvic Examination
Symptom: GYN Problems: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Acute
Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Chronic
Symptom: GYN Problems: Vaginitis
Symptom: GYN Problems: Bacterial Vaginosis
Symptom: GYN Problems: Candida Vaginitis/Vulvitis
Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Symptom: GYN Problems: Bartholin’s Gland Cyst/Abscess
Symptom: Headache
Symptom: Jaundice
Symptom: Joint Pain
Symptom: Joint Pain: Shoulder Pain
Symptom: Joint Pain: Hip Pain
Symptom: Joint Pain: Knee Pain
Symptom: Joint Pain: Ankle Pain
Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Genital Inflammation
Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis/Scrotal Mass
Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Prostatitis
Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis Torsion
Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Epididymitis
Symptom: Memory Loss
Symptom: OB Problems: Pregnancy
Symptom: OB Problems: Vaginal Delivery
Symptom: OB Problems: Preterm Labor (PTL)
Symptom: OB Problems: Relief of Shoulder Dystocia
Symptom: OB Problems: Breech Delivery
Symptom: OB Problems: Cesarean Section
Symptom: OB Problems: Episiotomy and Repair
Symptom: OB Problems: Preeclampsia/Eclampsia
Symptom: Palpitations
Symptom: Rash and Itching Rash with a Fever
Symptom: Shortness of Breath (Dyspnea)
Symptom: Syncope (Fainting)

Part 4: Organ Systems
Chapter 1: Cardiac/Circulatory Cardiac:
Chapter 2: Blood
Chapter 3: Respiratory
Chapter 4: Endocrine Endocrine: Adrenal Insufficiency
Chapter 5: Neurologic
Chapter 6: Skin
Chapter 7: Gastrointestinal (GI)
Chapter 8: Genitourinar

Part 5: Specialty Areas
Chapter 9 Podiatry
Chapter 10: Dentistry
Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Chapter 12: Zoonotic Diseases
Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases (ID)
Chapter 14: Preventive Medicine
Chapter 15: Veterinary Medicine
Chapter 16: Human Nutritional Deficiencies
Chapter 17: Toxicology
Chapter 18: Mental Health
Chapter 19: Anesthesia

Part 6: Operational Environments
Chapter 20: Dive Medicine
Chapter 21: Aerospace Medicine
Chapter 22: High Altitude Illnesses
Chapter 23: Cold Illnesses and Injuries
Chapter 24: Heat-Related Illnesses
Chapter 25: Chemical, Biological, and Radiation (CBR) Injuries
Chapter 26: CBR: Biological Warfare
Chapter 27: CBR: Radiation Injury

Part 7: Trauma
Chapter 28 Trauma Assessment
Chapter 29: Human and Animal Bites
Chapter 30: Shock
Chapter 31: Burns, Blast, Lightning, & Electrical Injuries
... and more.