Clark J Lee1, Rhonda J Allard, Adeteju A Adeniji, Norma Quintanilla, Thomas D Kirsch. 1. From the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (C.J.L., A.A.A., N.Q., T.D.K.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (C.J.L., A.A.A., N.Q.); and James A. Zimble Learning Resource Center (R.J.A.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract
ABSTRACT: A scoping review was conducted to describe the history of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) in the context of US military medical preparedness for a large-scale overseas military conflict. National Disaster Medical System civilian hospitals would serve as backups to military treatment facilities if both US Department of Defense and US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals reached capacity during such a conflict. Systematic searches were used to identify published works discussing the NDMS in the scientific and gray literature. Results were limited to publicly available unclassified English language works from 1978 to January 2022; no other restrictions were placed on the types of published works. Full-text reviews were conducted on identified works (except student papers and dissertations) to determine the extent to which they addressed NDMS definitive care. Data charting was performed on a final set of papers to assess how these works addressed NDMS definitive care. The search identified 54 works published between 1984 and 2022. More than half of the publications were simple descriptions of the NDMS (n = 30 [56%]), and most were published in academic or professional journals (n = 38 [70%]). Only nine constituted original research. There were recurrent criticisms of and recommendations for improving the definitive care component of the NDMS. The lack of published literature on NDMS definitive care supports the assertion that the present-day NDMS may lack the capacity and military-civilian interoperability necessary to manage the casualties resulting from a large-scale overseas military conflict.
ABSTRACT: A scoping review was conducted to describe the history of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) in the context of US military medical preparedness for a large-scale overseas military conflict. National Disaster Medical System civilian hospitals would serve as backups to military treatment facilities if both US Department of Defense and US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals reached capacity during such a conflict. Systematic searches were used to identify published works discussing the NDMS in the scientific and gray literature. Results were limited to publicly available unclassified English language works from 1978 to January 2022; no other restrictions were placed on the types of published works. Full-text reviews were conducted on identified works (except student papers and dissertations) to determine the extent to which they addressed NDMS definitive care. Data charting was performed on a final set of papers to assess how these works addressed NDMS definitive care. The search identified 54 works published between 1984 and 2022. More than half of the publications were simple descriptions of the NDMS (n = 30 [56%]), and most were published in academic or professional journals (n = 38 [70%]). Only nine constituted original research. There were recurrent criticisms of and recommendations for improving the definitive care component of the NDMS. The lack of published literature on NDMS definitive care supports the assertion that the present-day NDMS may lack the capacity and military-civilian interoperability necessary to manage the casualties resulting from a large-scale overseas military conflict.
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