ACS Releases Free Clinical Readiness Curriculum for Military, Civilian Surgeons

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has underscored the need for military surgeons in the US and abroad to maintain a state of readiness to meet the needs of the war injured. In response, the ACS, in coordination with the Military Health System Strategic Partnership ACS and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, has developed a free resource: the Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum.

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

The curriculum is organized 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

The first 12 video-based modules are available to view for free: 

Expeditionary Unique

• Pediatric Trauma

Transfusion and Resuscitation

• Damage Control Resuscitation
• Emergency Resuscitation Thoracotomy 

Wounds, Amputations, and Fractures

• Management of War Wounds
• Compartment Syndrome and Fasciotomy
• Amputation
• Burn Care

Torso Trauma

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

Additional modules will be released soon. Access the curriculum today.