H.R. 10541: Cooperative Overseas Military Battlefield Advancement in Trauma Care Act

This bill would let the Secretary of Defense, working with the Secretary of State, set up joint education and training programs on military trauma care and research with one or more foreign countries.

What the programs could include

• Sharing lessons learned from past combat casualty care.
• Holding joint conferences, symposia, and professional exchange programs for military medical personnel.
• Sharing information on health policy, health administration, and medical logistics, including medical supplies and equipment.
• Conducting joint research and development on the health effects of new and emerging weapons and warfare methods.
• Helping foreign military medical systems develop, maintain, and modernize trauma care capabilities.
• Coordinating trauma care doctrine, data collection, performance improvement, and clinical best practices through the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Trauma System.
• Training foreign military forces in military trauma care, wound infection, PTSD and suicide prevention related to trauma care, and treatment of injuries or diseases not caused in combat.

How it would be carried out

The bill says the Defense Department could use existing legal authorities under Title 10 and other available authorities to carry out these programs. The bill does not require the programs to be created; it gives the Secretary of Defense permission to establish them.

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