TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Modern Combat Casualty Care A1 - Van, Philbert Y. A1 - Gurney, Jennifer M. A1 - Schreiber, Martin A. A2 - Feliciano, David V. A2 - Mattox, Kenneth L. A2 - Moore, Ernest E. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Trauma, 9e AB - KEY POINTSThe Joint Trauma System (JTS) has been identified by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 as the reference body for trauma care in the Department of Defense.Died of wounds is the term used for mortality of casualties who arrive at a medical treatment facility alive and succumb to their injuries.The case fatality rate historically has trended with percent killed in action.The transition from gunshot wounds to blast injuries such as from the improvised explosive devices used in Iraq and Afghanistan has been in evolution since the US Civil War.Almost 90% of combat casualties who succumb to their wounds do so before they arrive at a medical treatment facility.Combat units that have trained all of their unit members, not just medics, in tactical combat casualty care have achieved the lowest incidence of preventable death on the battlefield in the history of modern warfare.In military roles of care, role 2 is the first level of care that has surgical capability, such as the forward surgical teams used by the US Army in the recent conflicts.A Critical Care Air Transport Team refers to the augmented aeromedical evacuation-type platform with specific capabilities for intensive care unit care.For transfusion of whole blood to military casualties, only group O whole blood donors with low titers of anti-A and anti-B antibodies are used.Kaolin-based dressings like Combat Gauze work by accelerating clotting pathways. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/09 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175135866 ER -