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The French Advanced Course for Deployment Surgery (ACDS) called Cours Avancé de Chirurgie en Mission Extérieure (CACHIRMEX): history of its development and future prospects
- Source :
- Journal-Royal Army Medical Corps, Journal-Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Med Corps, 2015, pp.PM. ⟨10.1136/jramc-2015-000528⟩, Europe PubMed Central
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2015.
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Abstract
- Introduction The composition of a French Forward Surgical Team (FST) has remained constant since its creation in the early 1950s: 12 personnel, including a general and an orthopaedic surgeon. The training of military surgeons, however, has had to evolve to adapt to the growing complexities of modern warfare injuries in the context of increasing subspecialisation within surgery. The Advanced Course for Deployment Surgery (ACDS)—called Cours Avance de Chirurgie en Mission Exterieure (CACHIRMEX)—has been designed to extend, reinforce and adapt the surgical skill set of the FST that will be deployed. Methods Created in 2007 by the French Military Health Service Academy (Ecole du Val-de-Grâce), this annual course is composed of five modules. The surgical knowledge and skills necessary to manage complex military trauma and give medical support to populations during deployment are provided through a combination of didactic lectures, deployment experience reports and hands-on workshops. Results The course is now a compulsory component of initial surgical training for junior military surgeons and part of the Continuous Medical Education programme for senior military surgeons. From 2012, the standardised content of the ACDS paved the way for the development of two more team-training courses: the FST and the Special Operation Surgical Team training. The content of this French military original war surgery course is described, emphasising its practical implications and future prospects. Conclusion The military surgical training needs to be regularly assessed to deliver the best quality of care in an context of evolving modern warfare casualties.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Service (systems architecture)
education
0211 other engineering and technologies
Traumatology
Context (language use)
02 engineering and technology
Modern warfare
Military medicine
03 medical and health sciences
BIOMECANIQUE
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Medicine
Military Medicine
Curriculum
DEPLOYMENT SURGERY
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Surgical team
business.industry
[SPI.MECA.BIOM]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Biomechanics [physics.med-ph]
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
General Medicine
Surgery
Orthopedics
Software deployment
General Surgery
Education, Medical, Continuing
Clinical Competence
France
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358665
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal-Royal Army Medical Corps, Journal-Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Med Corps, 2015, pp.PM. ⟨10.1136/jramc-2015-000528⟩, Europe PubMed Central
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9533b2a5d7a51ab89a8dcbe40f0b788a