United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) is a military research institute located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA, and is used by the United States Army for the development, testing, and evaluation of therapy and material to prevent and treat casualties of chemical warfare agents.

Its mission includes fundamental and applied research in the pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, pathology, and biochemistry of chemical agents and their medical countermeasures. In addition to research, the Institute, in partnership with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), educates health care providers in the medical management of chemical and biological agent casualties. The USAMRICD supports a Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team (C/B-RRT), supports and trains Area Medical Laboratory (formerly Theater Area Medical Laboratory) personnel, and maintains a chemical surety facility.

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United States Army Medical Command

Portal:United States Army · Category:United States Army

Leadership

Surgeon General of the United States Army · Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Army Medical Department

Officers	Medical Corps · Nurse Corps · Dental Corps · Veterinary Corps · Medical Service Corps · Medical Specialist Corps

Enlisted	Enlisted medical soldiers

Major Subordinate Commands

Regional commands	North Atlantic RMC · Southeast RMC · Great Plains RMC · Western RMC · Europe RMC · Pacific RMC

Others	AMEDD Center & School · U.S. Army Dental Cmd · U.S. Army Veterinary Cmd · U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Cmd · U.S. Army Public Health Cmd · U.S. Army Warrior Transition Cmd

Installations

Forts	Fort Sam Houston · Fort Detrick

Others	Walter Reed Army Medical Center · Forest Glen Annex

Medical Centers
(MEDCENs)

Stateside	Walter Reed AMC · Brooke AMC · Tripler AMC · Eisenhower AMC · Madigan AMC · Womack AMC · Beaumont AMC · Carl R. Darnall AMC

Overseas	Landstuhl AMC

Medical Department Activities
(MEDDACs)

Hospitals	Bassett ACH • Bayne Jones ACH • Blanchfield ACH • DeWitt ACH • Evans ACH • General Leonard Wood ACH • Ireland ACH • Irwin ACH • Keller ACH • Martin ACH • McDonald ACH • Moncrief ACH • Reynolds ACH • Weed ACH • Winn ACH

Clinics	Bliss AHC • Barquist AHC • Bavaria MEDDAC • DiLorenzo TRICARE HC • Dunham AHC • Fairfax FHC • Fox AHC • Guthrie MEDDAC • Heidelberg MEDDAC • Kimbrough ACC • Kenner AHC • Kirk AHC • Lyster AHC • Munson AHC • Rader AHC • Woodbridge AHC • Camp Zama

Field medical units

Medical Commands	AR-MEDCOM (807th MDSC, 3rd MDCS)

Medical Groups	5th Med Gp • 55th Med Gp • 67th Med Gp • 307th Med Gp • 139th Med Gp

Medical Brigades	1st Med BDE • 2nd Med BDE • 8th Med BDE • 30th Med BDE • 32nd Med BDE • 44th Med BDE • 62nd Med BDE • 330th Med BDE • 332nd Med BDE • 338th Med BDE • 804th Med BDE

Combat Support Hospitals	10th CSH • 28th CSH • 115th CSH

Forward Surgical Teams	541st Medical Detachment, Forward Surgical (Airborne)

Education

Centers, schools, etc	AMEDD Center & School · U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine · Borden Institute · AMEDD Museum

Courses	Captains Career Course · Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course

Products	Textbook of Military Medicine · War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq

Research Institutes

Stateside	Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) · U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) · U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) · U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) · U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)

Overseas	Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science (AFRIMS) · U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K)

Historical

List of former United States Army medical units

Other

Walter Reed Health Care System · Military Vaccine Agency · Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

See also

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