Trauma Stabilization Points: Comparative Insights From Iraq, Gaza, and Ukraine
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Year: 2026

Summary: Trauma Stabilization Points (TSPs) represent the initial tier of professional, fully trained medical response equipped to provide trauma care. While the US military has used a similar system for years, the first non-military TSP implementation was in late 2016 as U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces advanced on the city of Mosul, Iraq. TSPs formed the foundation of the Mosul trauma response and were instrumental in its success. Although encountering many logistical and funding challenge