The mission of the Joint Trauma System (JTS) is to improve trauma readiness and outcomes through evidence-driven performance improvement. The JTS vision is that every Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine injured on the battlefield or in any theater of operations will be provided with the optimum chance for survival and maximum potential for functional recovery.
JTS supports US military performance improvement (PI) initiatives and activities by identifying, tracking and making recommendations on efforts to ensure the appropriate evaluation and treatment of injured Service members across the continuum of care, improve medic training and ensure medical readiness.
The DoDTR is the first and only DoD trauma patient registry to collect combat casualty care epidemiology, treatments and outcomes from point of injury to recovery. The DoDTR contains identified information taken from medical records, expert clinical inference, scoring and coding schematics, probability determination and PI data.
As the DoD Center of Excellence for MHS trauma care delivery, JTS directly assists each Combatant Command in trauma system planning, treatment, management, and improvement of casualty outcomes to include battle injuries, disease non-battle injuries and all-hazard settings through evidence-driven performance improvement.
JTS has updated the Mechanical Ventilation Basics CPG with more troubleshooting tips and guidance for better performance and to avoid malfunction.
February 25, 2025
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February 4, 2025
As the DoD expert on trauma care, the JTS has released a statement outlining the orthopedic surgical needs, requirements, and resources for providing optimal care of wounded warriors in future large scale combat operations (LSCO). Proper orthopedic care is critical as high rates of orthopedic injuries are anticipated in LSCO with large numbers of casualties, multiple mass casualty incidents, and delays in evacuation. Extremity injuries that do not receive adequate surgical management in the deployed theater will result in increased morbidities to include infection, amputation, loss of extremity function, chronic pain, disability, and overall force attrition. Read about how this growing issue impacts our troops and what we can do to prepare for tomorrow's conflicts.
DHA Medical Logistics has created Class VIII lists for the following combat casualty care CPGs with more to follow. The materiel lists are crucial because they detail all necessary medical supplies (like bandages, medications, surgical instruments, and blood products) required to maintain a military force's health during operations, essentially acting as a critical inventory to ensure timely access to essential medical equipment and medications.
A WarDocs Military Medical Interview with JTS Chief COL Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS, Oct 2024
The WarDocs Military Medicine Podcast spotlights JTS Chief COL Jennifer Gurney, her surgical career, and her part in helping the Department of Defense establish a global trauma care system. In the October interview, COL Gurney provides a roadmap for national trauma systems, highlighting the efforts to address both trauma and non-battle injuries. She discusses the critical role of trauma systems in optimizing combat casualty care, focusing on the "Walker Dip," a challenge in maintaining medical readiness during periods of non-conflict, and the significance of data and performance improvement in military medicine. The segment also features lessons from global trauma systems, including conflicts in Ukraine and Israel, are shaping the future of military medical care.
Check out the latest 2024 articles based on JTS' DoD Trauma Registry data and/or authored by JTS data analysts, JTS epidemiologists and JTS leaders, including prominent combat casualty surgeons and trauma care providers.
