Military Unique Curriculum Courses

• https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/612154/blue-diamond-corpsmen-experience-tactical-combat-trauma-training/

• This is the foundation of our MUC courses and a graduation requirement. Try to complete as a PGY2. Will occur either during an elective block or Balboa ED block. 

• This course is required for FMF Corpsmen (Corpsmen assigned to Marines). You will work alongside them in this course to understand the training foundation your Corpsmen will have. This includes Valkyrie (field emergency whole blood transfusion) and prolonged casualty care. You also have the opportunity to do high-fidelity military medicine simulation with pyrotechnics and moulage actors. 

• Full course is 3 weeks but 2 weeks are required for residents. First week is very PT heavy. Course is at Pendleton, Mon-Fri. Drive up each day. 2 days at STOPS 15 min from Balboa. 

• Valkyrie training starts the Friday of the first week 

• Prolonged Casualty Care Lanes are the Tuesday of the last week and occur at Pendleton. The morning involves teaching Corpsmen skills such as chest tubes. PCC lanes run 1800-2200 and are excellent training. 

• MASCAL exercise at STOPS (strategic operations 15 min north of Balboa) is the last day of the 3 week course. Get a feel for what it is like to be the medical officer running a MASCAL in the deployed setting through high-fidelity simulation. 

• POC: LCDR Alba (alexander.alba@usmc.mil), CC the ACRs and Dr. Landa

• Dates: 5JUN-23JUN, 17JUL-4AUG, 21AUG-8SEP, 18SEP-6OCT, 16OCT-3NOV, 22JAN-9FEB (Valkyrie 26-31), 26FEB-15MAR (Valkyrie 27-1), 04APR - 26APR (Valkyrie 9-12), 02MAY - 24MAY (Valkyrie 7-10), 06JUN - 28JUN (Valkyrie 11-14), 11JUL - 02AUG (Valkyrie 16-19), 08AUG - 30AUG (Valkyrie 13-16), 12SEP - 04OCT (Valkyrie 17-20

• Location: Navy Education Training Office (NETO) Classroom, Camp Pendleton

• Directions: lookup "Camp Margarita" on Google Maps. Park in the parking lot highlighted below. It's in the 4th trailer classroom building. 

• REMEMBER: YOU MUST REQUEST OFF IN MEDREZ FOR CTM!!!

• Training Corpsmen how to care for patients in austere settings where MEDEVAC is not possible for 24-72 hours. 

• 1st MARDIV and Naval Special Warfare both have PCC lanes

• Dates are announced in ACR newsletter and updated on the MUC sign-up spreadsheet which is also in the newsletter

1st MARDIV PCC Details

What: 1st MARDIV PCC course. Teaching prolonged casualty care to FMF Corpsmen. 

When: meet at 0730 on day 1, 0800 the other days

Where: Navy Education Training Office (NETO) Classroom, Camp Pendleton

Directions: lookup "Camp Margarita" on Google Maps. Park in the parking lot between F and G street. It's in the 4th trailer classroom building. 

UOD: NWU

Link to PowerPoints

The day 3 TCCC/PCC lane cases are: 

-TBI: starts out as walking wounded in TCCC, then hits head again during PCC and herniates

-Penetrating chest trauma (chest tube management and MacGyver options if you don’t have equipment) who develops sepsis

-Burn (foley, I/Os for burn resus, ketamine use, infection management) who eventually gets a cric due to burn percentage, but doesnt need cric during initial TCCC

• For more information on TCCC and the most recent guidelines, please visit the Joint Trauma System, Defense Health Agency, and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. 

• In order to reserve a spot in the TCCC course as NMCSD, send an email to: usn.san-diego.navmedcensanca.list.nmcsd-tccc@mail.mil

• https://www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Units/West/FMTB-W/FMSO/

• 2 week course to prepare Naval Officers to serve with the Fleet Marine Force. This course is usually recommended as PGY4 for those with Marine Corps orders. 

• https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Medicine-Operational-Training-Command/Surface-Warfare-Medical-Institute/Surface-Warfare-Medical-Department-Officer-Indoctrination-Course-SWMDOIC/

• 2 week VIRTUAL course to orient Medical Officers to the surface fleet 

SWMDOIC Fleet Training Schedule.pdf

Course Dates:  

CLASS#   CONVENE DT     GRADUATE DT  

2024-010  16 OCT 2023     27 OCT 2023  

2024-020  06 MAY 2024     17 MAY 2024  

2024-030  15 JUL2 024     26 JUL 2024  

Registration: To request a seat please email:   

usn.san-diego.navmedotcswmica.mbx.fleet-training@health.mil  

PROVIDE:     

1:  NAME /RANK   

2:  DODID#     

3:  UNIT    

4:  CONTACT PHONE NUMBER   

5:  DHA MED 365 EMAIL ADDRESS (if you have one)   

6:  ADDTITIONAL EMAIL ADDRESS(S) (optional)  

7:  REQUESTED COURSE DATES 

Mountain Medicine

Medicine in the mountains - the EM doc dream.

https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Medicine-Operational-Training-Command/Mountain-Medicine-Course-MMED/

Cold Weather Medicine

https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Medicine-Operational-Training-Command/Cold-Weather-Medicine-CWM/med.navy.afpims.mil/Nurse-Corps/

https://medcoe.army.mil/saam-jecc

To enroll, you can email: michelle.a.jampolsky.civ@health.mil

Or go to this site: https://obiwan2.health.mil/nmcsd/dpe/setd/classroomcourses/Pages/MMHAC.aspx

“The Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course (MMHAC) was created with the explicit goal of providing training for military primary care providers in preparing for and executing appropriate medical care to civilian populations in the austere health emergency setting. This two-day course focuses on understanding the unique health environment and recognizing and managing those conditions consistently associated with high mortality among the most vulnerable populations (primarily children) in these settings. It is a combination of didactic lectures, case scenarios, and small group exercises with a heavy emphasis on interactive participation between students and faculty.  

This course is intended for medical licensed independent practitioners (physicians, PAs, NPs) with a strong preference and priority for those in primary care.  However, we are open to allowing other students to attend based on availability. The course is limited to 30 seats. 

MMHAC covers three categories of topics: (1) medical management of infectious diseases, malnutrition, and diarrhea and dehydration; (2) logistical/operational and public health principles outbreak control, surveillance data collection, and coordinating operations with non-medical military commands, the interagency, non-governmental organizations, and host-nation; and (3) ethical considerations for such missions, including the need to change one's frame of reference for understanding standards of care and triage appropriate for the context.”

JHOC

GHE Course

Tropical Medicine Course

in-person and virtual components

https://www.med.navy.mil/Naval-Medical-Leader-and-Professional-Development-Command/Officer-Training/Military-Tropical-Medicine/