Saint Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills: A Collaborative Air Force-Civilian Trauma Skills Training Program

Abstract

Lethal weaponry and tactics used by enemy forces in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom have resulted in complex multi system injury patterns among US allied military personnel engaged in combat operations. Military medical personnel deployed in support of these campaigns have had to maintain a high degree of clinical skill to effectively render care to wounded combatants, a necessity that has been challenged by a lack of training opportunities within the military health care system. Medical components across the military have formed partnerships with civilian institutions to form programs such as the Saint Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, in which medical personnel from active and reserve components are able to obtain and build skills needed to respond to contingencies that may arise both abroad and within the homeland.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017854

Entities

People

  • Jason W. Grimm
  • Karen Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Brain Injuries
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medical Technicians
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Physicians
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies