Story by Kenji Thuloweit | 8th Army | 07.28.2023
Soldiers from the 2501st Digital Liaison Detachment joined their ROK Army brothers and sisters for some valuable combined medical trauma training at Camp Yongin, South Korea....
Courtesy Story | Air Force Medical Service | 05.09.2023
U.S. Air Force medical personnel are working with sister services to partner with the United Arab Emirates to build a hub for complex trauma, burn and rehabilitation capabilities in Abu Dhabi....
Story by Shireen Bedi | Air Force Medical Service | 02.07.2023
On January 2nd, when many football fans were watching the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, an Air Force surgeon, was on call at UC Health’s University of Cincinnati Medical Center not knowing what she was about to face....
Story by Senior Airman Alex Kaelke and Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.03.2020
Twenty-two Airmen from multiple medical squadrons participated in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care for Medical Personnel (TCCC-MP) course on Aug. 3-4, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City....
Story by Wesley Elliott | U.S. Army Medical Command | 11.15.2019
U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, spoke at the Defense Committee on Trauma (DCOT), Committees on Surgical and En Route Combat Casualty Care (CCC) Conference on November 13, in San Antonio, Texas, about the opportunity to bring real change to how the military handles combat trauma care. Dingle is empowering the Army Ready Surgical Force Campaign Task Force (ARSFC TF) to......
Story by Valecia Dunbar | U.S. Army Medical Command | 06.24.2015
Trauma care, within the Department of Defense, is a continuous and enduring mission in peacetime or wartime. Recent improvements in the delivery of trauma care in-theater have resulted in a case fatality rate of less than 10 percent. To put this number in historical perspective, the case fatality rate was 19.1 percent during World War II, 15.8 percent during Vietnam, and approximately 16......
Story by Phil Reidinger | Joint Base San Antonio | 07.26.2012
Col. John Garr assumed command of the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute from outgoing commander Navy Capt. Rich Dalton during a ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle July 18....
