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Eliminating preventable death on the battlefield.

Russ S Kotwal¹, Harold R Montgomery, Bari M Kotwal

¹US Army Special Operations Command, 2929 Desert Storm Dr, Fort Bragg, NC 28310, USA. russ.kotwal@us.army.mil

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Battlefield survival is critically dependent on rapid and effective casualty care.
Integrating prehospital trauma registries with established care guidelines can identify areas for improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel command-directed casualty response system.
To assess survival rates in a system integrating Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines and a prehospital trauma registry.

Main Methods:

Analysis of battle injury data from combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan (2001-2010).
Focus on casualties from the 75th Ranger Regiment, comparing outcomes with Department of Defense-wide data.
Scrutiny of casualties for preventable adverse outcomes and opportunities for care improvement.

Main Results:

The 75th Ranger Regiment experienced lower killed-in-action (10.7%) and died-of-wounds (1.7%) rates compared to the general military population (16.4% and 5.8%, P=.04 and P=.02).
Of 32 fatalities, none were due to infection, and only one was potentially survivable in a hospital setting, indicating high prehospital care effectiveness.
Nonmedical personnel provided substantial prehospital care, highlighting the system's broad reach.

Conclusions:

A command-directed casualty response system, incorporating TCCC training and trauma registry feedback, significantly reduced combat deaths.
This data-driven approach led to unprecedented reductions in killed-in-action and died-of-wounds fatalities.
The system serves as a model for improving prehospital trauma care and casualty outcomes in both military and civilian settings.