Austere Resuscitative and Surgical Care in Support of Forward Military Operations—Joint Trauma System Position Paper
Jay B Baker, D. M Northern, Colin Frament, Douglas Baker, Kyle N. Remick, Jason M. Seery, Lance Stephens, Stacy Shackelford, Jennifer M. Gurney
Abstract
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. This document was reviewed by the Director of the Joint Trauma System and by the Public Affairs Office and the Operational Security Office at the Defense Health Agency. It is approved for unlimited public release. 1. Dr. Baker is Command Surgeon for Special Operations Command Europe and Chair of the Austere Surgery Teams Subcommittee in the Committee on Surgical Combat Casualty Care in the Joint Trauma System 2. Dr. Northern is general surgeon for the 720th Special Operations Support Squadron, Special Operations Surgical Team 3. Mr. Frament is Deputy Surgeon for the Joint Medical Augmentation Unit, Joint Special Operations Command 4. Dr. Baker is Command Surgeon for 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) 5. Dr. Remick is Professor and Associate Chair for Operations, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD