Training & Education
The National Center for Medical Readiness strives to apply the highest known levels of training methodology, training environments, training curricula and training approaches. It offers shared military/civilian education, training and research programs on-site based on unique civilian and military training and exercise requirements.
NCMR offers and designs training programs and exercises at its Tactical Laboratory, Calamityville. Here the focus is on preparing medical first providers, first receivers, atypical emergency/disaster medical providers (primary care physicians, specialty physicians, etc.), medical first receivers who become first providers in the field and hospital-based decision makers (administrators, managers) to react in a medically responsible manner to the often major changes in the typical practice which are born out of a mass casualty/disaster event.
This facility bridges the gap between medical readiness and standard disaster response through the development and delivery of high-quality training programs that offer necessary and relevant solutions to emerging and dynamic emergency medical challenges, including:
Calamityville® is a state-of-the-art, collaborative training and research facility located on 55 acres in Fairborn, Ohio.
- gaining access to the trapped and missing;
- providing the highest level of medical or fatality care possible in the most austere of environments; and,
- evacuating patients in the safest and most effective manner possible to long-term care and recovery.
Through the Boonshoft School of Medicine, NCMR offers a full range of continuing education credits and opportunities for accredited undergraduate and graduate level training.
NCMR also has access to medical school resources, including:
- anatomy and cadaver laboratories;
- simulation capabilities;
- a cross-section of medical basic science research and clinical specialty faculty;
- a fully integrated multi-hospital/clinic system;
- relationships with emergency medical services and tactical emergency medicine personnel; and
- experienced faculty and staff in disaster preparedness, search and rescue, mortuary sciences, medical logistics, tactical emergency medicine and the broad application of medical care in any environment.
Tactical Medicine
In September 2011, the FBI used the Calamityville silos and training center building for tactical training.
NCMR is a training partner with the Division of Tactical Emergency Medicine (DTEM), in the Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, which seeks to:
- provide the highest quality preventive and interventional care to law enforcement agencies in both clinical and tactical settings;
- create educational opportunities for law enforcement officers, current and future tactical medical providers and other medical personnel;
- and lead the nation in determining and disseminating best evidence and practices for tactical medical education and clinical care.
Simulation
NCMR partners with the Center for Immersive Medical Education & Research (CIMER). The center currently consists of two labs and provides a combination of task training models for technical skill training and high fidelity human patient simulators for education and research in the areas of technical skill development as well as in communication, decision making, leadership, team structure and resource management in high stakes clinical settings.
