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 American College of Surgeons and the Uniformed Services University of 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 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 and 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

The first 12 video-based modules are available for free access, and more modules will be released soon. Currently available modules include videos on management of war wounds, amputation, burn care, blunt abdominal trauma, and more.

Access the curriculum today.