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4/20/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Military Medicine: Air Force Anesthesiology

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Outline the Air Force application of anesthesiology practice.
  • Describe how Air Force anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists deploy. 
  • Recognize the differences between Expeditionary Medical Support, Ground Surgical Teams, Critical Care Air Transport Teams, and Special Operations Surgical Teams.
  • Appreciate the reasoning behind the development of the Joint Trauma Systems Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines. Joint Trauma System. https://jts.health.mil.
  • Practical Application. Clinical Practice Guidelines/TCCC. Published to mobile application. https://deployedmedicine.com/market/29
  • Mary Ann Spott, PhD, MPA, MSIS, MBA, RHIA, Cynthia R Kurkowski, BJ, Zsolt Stockinger, MC, USN, The Joint Trauma System: History in the Making, Military Medicine, Volume 183, Issue suppl_2, September-October 2018, Pages 4–7, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy166

    • Authors:
    Emily L. Sturgill, Lt Col, USAF MC — Anesthesiology Flight Commander/Deputy Surgical Operations Squadron Commander, Nellis AFB
    No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
    No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

    This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.