Book/Printed Material Improving trauma and critical care proficiency and readiness for Air Force personnel in critical medical specialties : a Pacific Air Forces perspective

Title

• Improving trauma and critical care proficiency and readiness for Air Force personnel in critical medical specialties : a Pacific Air Forces perspective

Summary

• Most U.S. Air Force medical personnel spend their time at military treatment facilities (MTFs) caring for patients whose ailments are far less complex or urgent than the severe trauma-related injuries they would see in war. This mismatch between peacetime and wartime medical care necessitates a deliberate effort on the part of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) as a whole and the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to ensure that personnel in critical medical specialties receive the training and hands-on clinical experience they need to save lives in a high-casualty environment. The goal of this research project was to investigate approaches for increasing readiness and proficiency. To develop a portfolio of readiness building activities, the authors analyzed manpower and personnel data, reviewed Comprehensive Medical Readiness Program (CMRP) checklists and relevant literature, engaged in discussions with the stakeholder community, and developed models of the assignment system and of skill acquisition and decay. They present their findings and recommendations for the future and have developed a prototype framework to demonstrate a possible method for deciding which readiness building activities and assignment policies to employ.

Names

• Harrington, Lisa M., author
• Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Department of the Air Force

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, Project Air Force, [2024]

Contents

• Chapter One: Medical Readiness in a Priority Theater -- Chapter Two: Personnel and Readiness Requirements in Critical Medical Specialties -- Chapter Three: Readiness Building: Training and Practice Activities -- Chapter Four: Readiness Building: Assignment Policies -- Chapter Five: A Framework for Matching Personnel to Readiness Activities -- Chapter Six: Findings and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Assignment Policy Modeling and Simulation Details -- Appendix B: Reported Cost of Simulation Options -- Appendix C: A Logic Model for Air Force Medical Service Medical Personnel Currency and Readiness.

Headings

• -  United States.--Air Force--Medical care
• -  United States.--Air Force--Operational readiness
• -  Medicine, Military--Study and teaching--United States
• -  Medicine--Specialties and specialists--United States
• -  Critical care medicine--United States
• -  Medical personnel--Training of--United States
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Operational readiness
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Medical personnel

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed February 22, 2024)
• -  "Prepared for the Department of the Air Force"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-100).
• -  Description from electronic resource
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (ix, 100 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UH223

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739096

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739096

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739096

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