The Committee on Surgical Combat Casualty Care Publishes Role 2 Orthopedic Surgery Needs Assessment for Large-Scale Combat Operations
Although combat extremity injuries were highly prevalent during the Global War on Terror, orthopedic surgeons were not always present in the forward surgical environment. We describe the Joint Trauma System's line of effort to evaluate the need for orthopedic surgeons providing forward surgical care during potential Large-Scale Combat Operations.
Authors
- Christopher H. Renninger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-0486)
- Jerome M Benavides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-4436)
- Jennifer M. Gurney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-1137)
- Matthew D. Tadlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-1710)
- Nathan A. Marsh
Institutions
- Unifor (NO)
- Madigan Army Medical Center (US)
- Womack Army Medical Center (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf338
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55