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Podcast: Anti-Hero's Journey
Episode: Dr. "Saint" Andrew D. Fisher (MD, PA-C) Godfather of Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Description: Dr. Andrew D. Fisher (MD, PA-C) is the patron saint of fresh whole blood transfusions. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University College of Medicine and is currently a general surgery resident at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He served in the US Army as a Physician Assistant assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment prior to medical school where he pioneered the use of whole-blood transfusions at the point of injury and contributed to research for the utilization of low titer O-negative whole blood in trauma. His influence on tactical medicine...