NAVAL OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INSTITUTE

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NAVAL OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INSTITUTE
Mission Maximize performance and survivability
of the war fighter. Vision Recognized as the
global leader in operational medicine, innovative
and responsive to the challenges of the war
fighter.
Champions of Operational Readiness Training
Nearly 30,000 personnel trained annually, the
largest throughput in Navy Medicine!
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COMMAND ORGANIZATION
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Foreign and Non-Governmental Organizations
CUSTOMERS
Department of Defense
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• Naval Survival Training Institute
• Purpose To assist the joint warfighter in
  winning the fight by
• providing safe, effective, and relevant human
  performance
• and survival training.
• 8 CONUS locations Aviation Survival Training
  Centers (ASTCs)
• Naval Aviation Survival Training Program (NASTP)
  21 different CNO approved curricula tailored to
  aircraft, mission, and associated flight
  equipment.
• COURSES and LENGTH
• Aircrew Refresher Training (Four year
  re-qualification interval) 2 days
• Aircrew Initial Training (required prior to
  flight) 3- 5 days
• Non-aircrew Training e.g. selected passengers,
  VIPs 1- 2 days
• Non Aircraft Specific Training e.g. helo
  dunker, VBSS 1 day
• G-Tolerance Improvement Training System (high G
  Centrifuge) 1 day
• Aerospace Physiology Technician Course (NEC
  HM-8409) 5 weeks
• Naval Aviation Water Survival Instructor (NAWSTI-
  NEC 9504) 2 weeks
• Navy Lifeguard 1 week

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Naval Aerospace Medical Institute Purpose
Provides technical and professional support,
aeromedical consultative services, develops and
administers medical standards for Naval
Aviation and trains medical personnel for
aeromedical operational requirements. COURSES
and LENGTH 1. Naval Flight Surgeon 6
months 2. Naval Aerospace Physiologist
6 months 3. Naval Aerospace
Experimental Psychologist 6 months 4.
Naval Aerospace Optometrist (AQD) 6 months
5. Aerospace Medicine Technician (NEC 8406) 10
weeks 6. Aerospace Medicine Residency
24 months 7. Flight Surgeon
Refresher Training 2 weeks 8. Medical
Student Clerkship 2 - 6 weeks TOTAL
STUDENTS ANNUALLY 240
AEROMEDICAL DISPOSITIONS Number of
consultations annually 14,400 Number
of physicals annually 6,200 PHYSICAL
QUALIFICATIONS PROGRAM Waiver physical
exam applications processed 12,700
Aviation Selection Test Battery
8,400
Aeromedical Officer Courses (6 months total)
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Naval Undersea Medical Institute Purpose
Provides training and technical support in
Undersea Medicine and Radiation Health. COURSES
and LENGTH 1. Sub Force Independent Duty
Corpsman 58 weeks C School (NEC-8402)
2. Undersea Medical Officer Candidate Course
23 weeks 3. Radiation Health Officer Course 5
weeks 4. Radiation Health Indoctrination Course 1
weeks 5. Radiation Health Technician C School
10 weeks (NEC-8407) 6.
Independent Duty Corpsman Refresher Trng 5
weeks 7. Surface to Submarine IDC Conversion
Course 22 weeks 8. Emergency Medical
Assistance Team Training 4 days TOTAL
STUDENTS ANNUALLY 130


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Surface Warfare Medicine Institute Purpose
Provides global medical support, training and
consultation for Surface Forces on all issues
regarding afloat operations. Coordinates and
performs operational readiness training, LCAC
Medical Screening, reference publications, course
execution and curriculum revision. COURSES and
LENGTH 1. Surface Independent Duty
Corpsman (IDC) School (NEC-8425)
52 weeks 2. Command Amphibious Task
Force/Expeditionary 2 weeks Strike Group
(CATF/ESG) Surgeon Course 3. Surface Warfare
Medical Officer Indoctrination Course (SWMOIC) 4
weeks 4. Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship
(CRTS) Medical Augmentation 4 days Program
5. Medical Regulating Course 3 days
6. Surface Warfare Medical
Department Officer Indoctrination 2 weeks
Course (SWMDOIC) 7. Operational Medicine
Symposia 1 day 8. Military
Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course (MMHAC) 2
days 9. Surface Warfare Medical Indoctrination
and Refresher Training 1 2
weeks TOTAL STUDENTS ANNUALLY
1,024 Landing Craft Air Cushion
Physical Qualifications Program
Applicant Physicals processed Med Consults 80
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• Naval Expeditionary Medicine Training
  Institute
• Purpose Provides instruction on the assembly,
  disassembly, establishment of
  command structure, and basic operations of an
  Expeditionary Medical Facility.
• Provides Pre-deployment training for
  Expeditionary Medicine Units (EMF Kuwait and EMF
  Djibouti) per Combatant Commander Requirements.
  Also provides intensive stabilization trauma care
  experience at the Los Angeles County USC Medical
  Centers Navy Trauma Training Center
• Center of Excellence for Tactical Combat Casualty
  Care training
• COURSES and LENGTH
• Expeditionary Medical Facility Pre-Deployment
  Training 10-14 days
• EMF Field Training conducted only at NEMTI 5
  days
• Indoctrination and Orientation (IO) Exportable
  Training 1 day
• Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) 5 days
• Tactical Combat Casualty Care 3 days
• Naval Trauma Training Center (LACUSC) 21
  days
• TOTAL STUDENTS
  ANNUALLY 1,464
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• Naval Special Operations Medical Institute
• Purpose Conduct medical training for SOF medics,
  Recon Corpsman,
• SEAL Medics and SWCC Medics under U.S. Special
  Operations Command
• (USSOCOM).
• COURSES AND LENGTH
• Navy Special Operations Combat Medic, 300-F8.
  (NEC-8427) 7 months
• TOTAL STUDENTS ANNUALLY 512
• 8 Class starts/yr of 64 Combined Army/Navy
• (100 Navy Seats/yr SEAL, RECON, SWCC)
• Navy The Special Operations Independent Duty
  Corpsman, 6-13 months
• 3-300-0015/2403. (NEC-8403)
• 48 students annually
• Army/Navy The Special Operations Combat Medical
  Skills Sustainment, 2 weeks
• 300F21.
• 924 students annually
• TOTAL ARMY/NAVY STUDENTS ANNUALLY 1,484

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NOMI HQ Special Programs

• Robert E. Mitchell Center (REMC) Repatriated
  Prisoners of War (RPOW)
• Medical Library and RPOW Archives
• Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
• Naval Operational Medical Lessons Learned (NOMLL)
  Center
• En Route Care Course (ERC)
• NOMI IM/IT hosts over 3,000 public WebPages for
  all of NOMI as well NM MPTE and four other
  Commands

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R. E. Mitchell Center for Repatriated Prisoner of
War (RPOW) Studies
Purpose The Mitchell Center provides follow up
studies of RPOWs as a result of WW II, Korea,
Vietnam, Desert Storm, and OIF, to evaluate the
mental and physical effects of captivity. The
Center performs approximately 300 RPOW
evaluations each year for members of all services
as well as the State Department. Functions as
the only longitudinal study of RPOWs. In
recognition of the Centers important work, SECNAV
directed the creation of the Mitchell Foundation,
a private 501C3 corporation, to help support the
Centers research efforts.
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)

• Purpose Provides battlefield pre-hospital
  casualty care skills that save lives.
• NOMI directed by BUMED to coordinate curriculum
  development and training. NEMTI executes TCCC
  instructor and provider training.
• Over 1000 TCCC students trained/yr

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Naval Operational Medical Lessons Learned (MLL)
Center

• Purpose Collects, analyzes, manages and
  disseminates relevant operational medical
  observations, insights, and lessons learned in
  support of Navy and Marine Corps operations.
• CNO designated as a Navy Warfare Center of
  Excellence in Jan 2004
• Aligned with Marine Corps Center for Lessons
  Learned
• Center collaborates with USMC, USA, and USAF
  Lesson Learned centers
• Over 3,000 observations, lessons and reports
  housed within the Consolidated Data Repository
  and lessons management system
• Over 3,100 registered users and continues to grow
• Access the MLL Center http//navmedmpte.med.navy.m
  il/nomi/

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En Route Care

• Purpose Trains medical personnel in battlefield
  aero medical evacuations in support of Marine
  Corps training requirements.
• Training focuses on rotary wing tactical
  evacuation of critically injured patients
• ERC Team consists of a Critical Care Nurse and a
  Corpsman
• ERC curriculum includes
• Water Survival
• Underwater egress training
• Helicopter aircrew breathing device (HABD)
  training
• Armys Joint En Route Care course (JECC) (nurses
  only), Flight Medic Course (corpsmen only)
• 26hr Naval En Route Care course (NERC).
• Nearly 400 deployable Nurses and Corpsmen
  trained