Jay Johannigman on Blogger: Overview of Advanced Life

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Overview of Advanced Life

Jay Johannigman possesses over four decades of medical experience and military service in the United States Air Force and the United States Army. He is a colonel and critical care surgeon in the United States Army Reserves and has served in numerous military deployments overseas. Jay Johannigman holds membership with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and licensed in advanced trauma life support.

Advanced trauma life support (ALTS) is a continuing medical education program outlining protocols for assessing and managing patients with multiple life-threatening injuries. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) developed the program in 1979 and has trained over 1 million doctors in more than 80 countries since that time, mostly military doctors.

The ACS and its Committee on Trauma developed the ALTS program to train healthcare professionals who do not treat traumatic injuries regularly. Advanced trauma life support teaches doctors hands-on techniques to improve the odds of patient survival and decrease associated morbidity.

The course is intensive, and participants receive instructions on various topics ranging from initial assessment and resuscitation to more formal lectures on topics like airway management and hands-on labs for practicing skills like chest drain insertion.

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About Jay Johannigman

A surgeon with Matrix Providers and adjunct professor of surgery at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Dr. Jay Johannigman has been working as a trauma and critical care surgeon for more than 25 years. He began his career shortly after receiving his MD from Case Western Reserve University. Already commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant for the USAF Reserves, Dr. Jay Johannigman returned to active duty as a staff surgeon and medical director of the Surgical Critical Care Service at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center after finishing his postdoctoral training.

Upon completion of his active duty service duty obligation, Dr. Johannigman joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati and served in the Department of Surgery and the Division of Trauma.During the ensuing years he would continue an active presence in both military and civilian medicine. Dr. Johannigman was a founding leader in the establishment of the Cincinnati Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (Cincinnati CSTARS). Established in 2001 and continuing to this date, Cincinnati CSTARS was one of the first five Military-Civilian Strategic Partnerships in the United States. . Over the next two decades, he split his time between academic appointments, military roles, and professional positions at civilian hospitals. He would deploy to the combat theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan on seven occasions over the ensuing 18 years; translating the lessons learned at war to the civilian trauma centers of the United States and his home institution. Dr Johannigman has served in trauma leadership positions at the local, state and national level to include serving as State Chair for the Ohio Committee on Trauma as well as Region Chief for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. In the military arena he has served as a consultant to the Office of the Surgeon of the Air Force as well as a founding member of the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

Beyond his academic and professional experience, Dr. Jay Johannigman has maintained an active presence in the professional community as both a member of numerous organizations and a medical researcher. He was involved in nearly 100 peer-reviewed research papers including work in the area of mechanical ventilation, enroute care, resuscitation and whole blood utilization. He continues to be active in both basic science and clinical research investigations.