COLUMBIA, MO. -- The University of Missouri School of Medicine received a $5.3 million grant to improve combat care.
The United States Department of Defense grant allows a national team to discover ways to improve the next generation of military medical training.
Researchers will focus on 3 areas including hemorrhage control, airway management and emergency medical skills.
Doctors will use computerized mannequins to simulate medical scenarios while getting feedback in real time.
MU Trauma Surgeon Dr. Stephen Barnes said, “Our consortium of experts will assess the effective of current methods and ultimately recommend how the department of defense will train combat medics to be prepared to save lives of the future and on the battlefields of the future.”
Improving combat care has become more important over the past decade.
Since 2001, more than 6,000 American soldiers have died as a result of serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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