The final edition of 2024 Combat & Casualty Care takes us into 2025 with a focus on the critical work done in the triage and treatment facilities supporting military field surgery.

LTG Mary K. Izaguirre, Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Joint Base San Antonio, TX
Command Sergeant Major Timothy J. Sprunger,Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Army Surgeon General, Arlington, VA
Leadership at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD
Mixed Reality (MR) Clinical Decision Support: USARMRDC, Ft. Detrick, MD, has developed a completely hands-free system that creates augmented reality displays users can interact with while managing combat casualties.
Automated Nerve Block: U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Ft. Detrick, MD, is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop automatic detection of regional nerve bundles to better guide needles to the optimal location for pain medication delivery.
Probability of Survival Decision Aid (PSDA): The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, has developed software that seamlessly integrates with search and rescue optimal planning system (SAROPS) maritime event response to simulates casualty movement and survival time.
Mobile Surgical Response: U.S. Air Force Ground Surgical Teams (GSTs) are trained to deliver rapid field surgical care to forward deployed personnel for casualty stabilization ahead of transfer to treatment facility.