Sec. 734. Improvement and maintenance of combat casualty care and trauma care skills of health care providers of Department of Defense
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Not later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall implement measures to improve and maintain the combat casualty care and trauma care skills of health care providers of the Department of Defense. The measures required to be implemented under subsection
(a)shall include the following: The conduct of a comprehensive review of combat casualty care and wartime trauma systems during the period beginning on January 1, 2001, and ending on the date of submittal of the report, including an assessment of lessons learned to improve combat casualty care in future conflicts. The expansion of the network of military-civilian trauma combat casualty care training sites to provide integrated combat trauma teams, such as forward surgical teams, with maximum exposure to a high volume of patients with critical injuries. The establishment of a personnel management plan for important wartime medical specialties, as determined by the Secretary, such as emergency medical services and prehospital care, trauma surgery, critical care, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine, that includes, at a minimum— the number of positions required in each such medical specialty; crucial organizational and operational assignments for personnel in each such medical specialty; and career pathways for personnel in each such medical specialty. The development of standardized tactical combat casualty care instruction for all members of the Armed Forces, including the use of standardized trauma training platforms. The development of a comprehensive trauma care registry to compile relevant data from point of injury through rehabilitation of members of the Armed Forces. The development of quality of care outcome measures for combat casualty care. The conduct of research on the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of members of the Armed Forces in combat.