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Needle versus tube thoracostomy in a swine model of traumatic tension hemopneumothorax. Holcomb JB, McManus JG, Kerr S, Pusateri AE... Dr Stewart M Kerr is an orthopaedic spine surgeon in Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska and Northern California who specializes in hip, knee, spine and neck surgery and joint replacement and fracture repair... Research / work as Team Physician for the "One Million Steps Biomedical Research Expedition" has directly led to the development of the Protective Combat Uniform, (PCU). This state-of-the-art clothing system is in use worldwide and is standard issue for all U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) units. This is an $8 million dollar project funded by the United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) for fiscal year 2004 supervised by the SOF Special Projects branch of Natick Laboratory.

Primary location: Fairbanks United States