FORT BLISS, Texas – William Beaumont Army Medical Center is taking a page from U.S. Army line units by developing an Individual Critical Task List (ICTL) for healthcare professionals that promotes and measures readiness to deploy.
“A medic is never going to do a chest tube or a central line stateside, but down range, in a field setting, they need to be able to step in if needed,” said Lt. Col. Maria Molina, a chair on the Central Simulation Committee, while observing the innovative training. “If you’ve done this training, you should be able to step in when needed if there are not enough general surgeons available to treat casualties, whether it’s down range or even a mass casualty event stateside.”
The ICTL...
