Objective To develop a disaster rescue curricular index system for military hospitals through the Delphi method, to provide theoretical basis for disaster rescue training of nursing staff, and to improve disaster rescue capability of nurses in military hospitals. Methods Based on literature review and semi-structured interviews of experts,an initial version of disaster rescue curricular index system was formulated through group discussions. Then the initial index system was subjected to 2 rounds of consultation involving 15 experts inside and outside Shaanxi province. Results The expert response rates of the 2 rounds of consultation were 100%.The authority coefficient of expert was 0.831 in round one and 0.867 in round two, and the Kendall′s coordination coefficient was 0.35 and 0.73 (P＜0.01 for both）.After the consultation, a disaster rescue curricular index system for military hospitals, which includes 4 first-level indexes（overview of disaster medicine, on-site disaster management , prevention and health care regarding post-disaster disease epidemics, post-disaster special intervention）,15 second-level indexes, and 53 third-level indexes, were finalized.. Conclusion The experts enjoyed a high authority, and were actively involved into the study.Their views were well aligned with each other.Therefore, the index system is scientific and rational, and can provide theoretical basis for disaster rescue training of nursing staff.