Military Medical Technology
The military consumes vast quantities of medical material: supplies, instruments, equipment and supporting services. In areas like trauma care, the military has needs that far exceed the civilian sector, especially in wartime. Military leadership in some areas has brought forth new materials and technologies that save lives disrupted by combat but also extend the benefits to everyone, in or out of the service.
USAF Major Ann Lewandowski (L) describes the operation of the training aid mannequin called SimMan, a Universal Patient Simulator, to USAF Brigadier General Joseph E. Kelley, Assistant Surgeon General of Expeditionary Operations, Science and Technology, during BGen. Kelley's visit at the Expeditionary Medical System (EMEDS) hospital tent, Fort Lewis, WA, during Exercise SEAHAWK 2002, 17 July 2002.
This section of Olive-Drab.com Military Medicine highlights a few of the interesting technological developments that came from military needs or applications. Clink on the link to reach any topic on the list.
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