FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – The Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise 2023, hosted by the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, is in day four on Fort Cavazos and will end June 9.
JEMX is a multinational training event for partnership in medical excellence where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), damage control resuscitation/surgery, care of Military Working Dogs (MWD), autologous fresh whole blood transfusion, burn management, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) capabilities.
The purpose of the exercise is to train emergency medicine medical personnel in realistic combat casualty care in order to increase unit and individual combat readiness and joint interoperability.
Over 2,000 services members from 71 units representing over 60 medical specialties and multi-national medical personnel will participate in JEMX this year.
U.S. Army Soldier Lt. Col. Dan Brillhart, left, rushes trainees to get to their casualties during their medical training at Fort Cavazos, Texas, on June 7, 2023. Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise 2023 (JEMX-23) is a multinational training event for partnership in medical excellence where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), damage control resuscitation/surgery, care of Military Working Dogs (MWD), autologous fresh whole blood transfusion, burn management, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) capabilities. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Kenneth Rodriguez)
U.S. and multinational service members conduct Hot/Cold load training during Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX-23) at Fort Cavazos, Texas, on June 7, 2023. JEMX-23 is a multinational training event for partnership in medical excellence where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), damage control resuscitation/surgery, care of Military Working Dogs (MWD), autologous fresh whole blood transfusion, burn management, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) capabilities. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Kenneth Rodriguez)
U.S. service members treat a casualty in the Hot/Cold load training lane during the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX-23) at Fort Cavazos, Texas, on June 7, 2023. JEMX-23 is a multinational training event for partnership in medical excellence where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), damage control resuscitation/surgery, care of Military Working Dogs (MWD), autologous fresh whole blood transfusion, burn management, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) capabilities. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Kenneth Rodriguez)
