BACKGROUND Hemorrhage remains the leading cause of preventable trauma-associated
mortality. Interventions that improve prehospital hemorrhage control and resuscitation are …

ABSTRACT Background The Joint Trauma System (JTS) is a DoD Center of Excellence for
Military Health System trauma care delivery and the DoD's reference body for trauma care in …

The active battlefield is an environment of chaos and confusion. Depending on the scale of
combat, the chaos and confusion often extend into the prehospital combat setting with …

Thirteen years of continuous combat operations have enabled the US Military and its
coalition partners to make a number of major advances in casualty care. The coalition …

Objectives: 1) Evaluate the value and strength of a competency framework for identifying
and measuring performance requirements for expeditionary surgeons; 2) Verify …

Study Design: Systematic review. Objectives: War-related spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are
commonly more severe and complex than traumatic SCIs among civilians. This systematic …

Injury is a major public health crisis contributing to more than 4.48 million deaths annually.
Trauma registries have proven highly effective in reducing injury morbidity and mortality …

Background Improving the efficiency of critical care service is needed as the shortfall of
intensivists is increasing. Standardizing clinical practice, telemedicine, and organizing …

The decade of conflict in the Middle East and Central Asia has driven a significant number of
improvements in the medical care of military casualties. 1 Exsanguination remains a …

Combat casualties who die from their injuries do so primarily in the prehospital setting.
Although most of these deaths result from injuries that are nonsurvivable, some are …