As distances between point of injury (POI) and facility-level care increase, challenges in addressing trauma more fully at the POI have also increased.  The Summer issue of Combat & Casualty Care offers insight into how medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) is changing the when and where of battlefield medical care.
 

Some exclusive features are:

• COL Sean O’Neil, Commander, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), Ft. Detrick
• COL Jerome Buller, Commander, U.S .Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), Aberdeen Proving Round
• U.S. Army’s Health Readiness Center of Excellence (HRCoE), MG Patrick Sargent, HRCoE Commander, challenges in MEDEVAC support for Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) in the Future Operational Environment
• PEO Defense Health Management on the latest Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS electronic health record deployment
• Deployment of the Aeromedical Evacuation System (AES) for increased casualty response over longer ranges
• PEO Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation is promoting tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) through standardization of instruction
• Latest in 68W training standardization to fit within the framework of Military Health System reform
• Spotlight on International TCCC
• Industry Partner on Integrated Virtual Reality Training