First-aid Training for Combatants Without Systematic Medical Education Experience on the Battlefield: Establishment and Evaluation of the Curriculum in China.

Introduction: For combatants without systematic medical education experience (CSMEE), it is necessary to participate in first-aid on the battlefield, but currently there is no effective training curriculum for CSMEE in Chinese military.

Materials And Methods: A list of first-aid techniques based on expert consensus was formed, and then a curriculum was established according to the list. The effectiveness of the curriculum was further evaluated by comparing the scores among group A (the reserve officers trained by this curriculum), group B (the reserve officers in the military medical college trained by professional medic training system), and group C (the fresh officers trained by the Outline of Military Training and Assessment of Chinese military), through a 5-station assessment in a simulated battlefield environment, which included the following 5 techniques: tourniquet for massive extremities hemorrhage, thyrocricocentesis, thoracentesis, fixation of long bone fractures, and wound dressing with hemostatic bandage.