Education
Trauma Care Resources
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Some resources are CAC access only and may require registration.
- USCENTCOM Command Surgeon Clinical Operations SharePoint
- DHA Virtual Medical Library
- JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Deployed Medicine
- Tactical Field Care Pocket Guides
- Role 3 Nursing Guide - Technician Services
- Borden Institute Military Medical Textbooks and Resources
- Pharmacuetical Guidance- Lexicomp Online is a comprehensive clinical database that provides access to current drug and disease information.
- Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN): See the CBRN CPGs on the JTS CPG page
- Battlefield Acupuncture Handbook, Jan 2021
- mTBI Resources
- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Guidance Downloads, a searchable database of studies and research publications.
- Health Experts Online Portal (HELP)
- DHA Virtual Medical Center
- ADvanced VIrtual Support OpeRational Forces (ADVISOR)
- Ask an OpMed Doc (Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians Send email »
- Virtual Health Support for Operational Forces, a tri-service guide for Role 1-Role 3 for providers in EUCOM, AFRICOM, CENTCOM, and SOCOM.
Reports
- U.S. CENTCOM Theater Trauma System Assessment Report by the Joint Trauma System. 01 Jun 2018.
- Lessons Learned by the 75th Ranger Regiment during Twenty Years of Tactical Combat Casualty Care, 2024.
- Combat Trauma Lessons Learned from Military Operations of 2001-2013, 2015.
- JTS Committee of Surgical Combat Casualty Care Advises DoD/DHA Leadership on Orthopedic Surgical Needs for Future Combat Operations, 2025.
- Committee on Surgical Combat Casualty Care Releases Statement on Neurosurgical Capability for Deployed Locations, 2023.
- Committee of Surgical Combat Casualty Care Publishes Single Surgeon Teams Position Paper with Recommendations, 2022.
- Ex Sum of Summit for Trauma Medical Directors and Trauma Program Managers, 2022.
Sites, Databases, Apps
Educators
Literature, books
- Evolution of Forward Surgery in the U.S. Army: From the Revolutionary War to the Combat Operations of the 21st Century, Army Medical Department Center and School, Borden Institute, 2018.
- Emergency War Surgery, 5th Edition, 2018. The U.S. Army Medical Center and School. The Borden Institute.
- Combat Casualty Care Lessons Learned from OEF and OIF. Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 2012. The Borden Institute.
- War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq, a Series of Cases, 2003-2007, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 2008. The Borden Institute.
- Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook, 5th Edition. 2014. U.S. Army Medical Center and School. The Borden Institute.
- Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments, 2nd Edition. 2016. Office of the Surgeon General. U.S. Army.
- The Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia (MARAA) Handbook. Chester C. Buckenmaier III, MD. 2008. Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The Borden Institute.
Tutorials (videos, podcasts)
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) video tutorials
- Deployed Medicine podcasts
- Committee of TCCC YouTube Channel
Conferences (VTCs, teleconferences)
Continuing Education
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Last Modified Date: 06/27/2025