I've read both Donahue's and Norton's work. Both are great (I particularly liked the Mobile Guerrilla Force series) , but I found they did not detail their medical assessment's or treatment much.
I enjoyed "None Braver" by Michael Hirsch. It gives an account of several USAF Pararescue missions in Afghanistan, and get's into a bit more detail on the medical side, including at least one incident that led to Pararescue medics (and other SOF medics I would guess) being allowed to carry whole blood in addition to IV solutions. The only downside (if you count this as a down side) is that a lot of the text deals with events not directly involving Pararescue work.
All in all, it is the best book I've read on Pararescue to date.
Another book I enjoyed is "Trauma Junkie" by Janice Hudson, which is about a civilian emergency flight nurse responding to nasty trauma calls in remote areas of California. While not military oriented, it may be of interest due to it's focus on real life major trauma calls combined with aeromedical operations.
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