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. 2023 Apr 24;237(2):364–373. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000707

Table 2.

Composition of Global Surgical and Medical Support Group Team

GSMSG team member professional % of total roster (n = 2,200)
Medic or licensed practical nurse* 31
Nurse 17
Nurse practitioner 8
Physician assistant 9
Emergency medicine physician 5
Anesthesiologist 6
Critical care physician 3
Other nonsurgical physician 1
General surgeon 5
Orthopaedic surgeon 4
Vascular surgeon 1
Trauma surgeon (general surgery) 9
Neurosurgeon 1
Other specialty surgeon 2
Total civilian 24
Total military 76
*

This includes veteran US Army combat medics, US Army special forces medics, US Navy corpsmen, US Navy special warfare medics, US Air Force pararescue, US Marine Corps special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman.

GSMSG, Global Surgical and Medical Support Group.