Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum

The Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum is designed for a general surgeon deployed to a relatively far forward battlefield base who must be capable of providing initial trauma resuscitation and life- and limb-saving surgical procedures for those injured in combat. It is also relevant to all deployed surgeons no matter their location as well as all trauma/general surgeons caring for the injured no matter their location. The curriculum can be utilized to correct an identified knowledge deficit or for just-in-time learning.

The curriculum is broken down into seven domains of knowledge, including:

• Airway and Breathing
• Critical Care and Prevention
• Expeditionary Unique
• Head and Spine Injury
• Torso Trauma
• Transfusion and Resuscitation
• Wounds, Amputations, and Fractures

Modules Available

Wounds, Amputations, and Fractures

• Management of War Wounds
• Compartment Syndrome and Fasciotomy
• Amputation
• Burn Care
• Management of High Bilateral Amputations
• Extremity Trauma: Hands and Feet

Airway and Breathing

• Trauma Airway Management
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Trauma Anesthesia
• Inhalation Injury

Torso Trauma

• Pelvic Fracture Care
• Blunt Abdominal Trauma
• Damage Control Surgery
• Thoracic Trauma
• Wartime Vascular Injury

Expeditionary Unique

• Unexploded Ordnance Management
• Tactical Combat Casualty Care/ Prehospital Care
• EPWs and Detainees Care
• Pediatric Trauma
• Intratheater Transport
• Clinical Management of Military Working Dogs
• Initial Care of Ocular and Adnexal Injuries
• Joint Trauma System
• Urologic Trauma
• Gynecologic Trauma and Emergencies

Transfusion and Resuscitation

• Frozen and Deglycerolized Red Blood Cells
• Damage Control Resuscitation
• Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion
• Resuscitation Record: Battle and Non-Battle Injury Documentation
• Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Hemorrhagic Shock
• Emergency Resuscitation Thoracotomy

Critical Care and Prevention

• Hypothermia Prevention, Monitoring, and Management
• Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
• Management of Patients with Catastrophic, Non-Survivable Head Injury
• Infection Control
• Pain, Anxiety, and Delirium
• Critical Care

Head and Spine Injury

• Cervical Thoracolumbar Spine Injury
• Concussion/ mTBI Management
• Neurosurgical Management
• Cervical Spine Evaluation
• Management of Severe Head Trauma