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Aug- 2023 -

8 August

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Ukraine Using Drones to Evacuate Wounded Soldiers: Report

The Ukrainian military has resorted to using large cargo drones to evacuate casualties from the frontline, according to a report by The Economist.

Jul- 2023 -

10 July

Africa

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster has transported over 60 Vietnamese military personnel deploying to the United Nations Mission (UNMISS) in South Sudan in June 2023. The flight provided a strategic airlift to Vietnamese soldiers and equipment from Ho Chi Minh city to Juba, enabling Vietnam to rotate their staff at the role 2 field hospital.

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Australia, Vietnam Deliver UN Medical Field Support to South Sudan

The Australian and Vietnamese militaries have teamed on a United Nations Mission to deliver medical field support for South Sudan.

7 July

Asia Pacific

The Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Robertson Barracks Darwin, NT, ensures explosive detection dogs, like 1st Combat Engineer Regiment's Sylvie, get the treatment they need on operation. *** Local Caption *** The Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care training, under the supervision of a veterinarian from the School of Military Engineering, allows the explosive detection dog handlers and medics to practice providing life-saving medical support while on operations.

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Australian Army Trains Combat Casualty Care for Service Dogs

The Australian Army has conducted training in Darwin to enhance critical casualty care for in-service canines during combat.

4 July

Americas

Blood is complicated to manage because as it requires cold storage and has limited viability

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DARPA Unveils Program to Preventively Treat Bloodstream Infections in Soldiers

DARPA has introduced an initiative to develop preventive treatments for bloodstream infections due to battlefield trauma.

Jun- 2023 -

27 June

Arms

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Ukraine to Receive Additional Military Aid From Australia

Australia will provide the Ukrainian government with additional military aid and humanitarian funds to sustain its defense against Russia.

27 June

Europe

Members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are learning vital life-saving battlefield skills in the first combat medical training course of its kind to be delivered by the British Army and its international partners. The five-week course, which began on the 29 May, has seen both current and new Ukrainian Armed Forces medics being trained in critical techniques such as providing medical care under fire, controlling heavy blood loss, and giving crucial pre-hospital emergency care. Evidence from the battlefield and requests from Ukrainian personnel have been incorporated into the programme, with trainees being instructed on how best to optimise their own health so they are fit to fight. The trainees go on to put their learning to the test in practice battlefield scenarios to give them the confidence to effectively apply their skills back on the front line. These include: triaging mass casualties with a range of different injuries treating casualties with major injuries caused by blasts and small arms fire treating and safely extracting patients from civilian and military vehicles extracting casualties under fire In their final days of training, Ukrainian personnel will learn how to teach life-saving battlefield first aid to other members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces when they return to the front line.

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UK Trains Ukrainian Medics in Battlefield Trauma Care

The UK is training Ukrainian armed forces medical personnel in battlefield trauma care for the ongoing Russian invasion.

20 June

Americas

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 200th Military Police Command participate in a Zumba fitness class during a Performance Triad program organized by the command and hosted on Fort Meade, Maryland, May 9, 2017. The three-week fitness program took place from May 5-25 to help Soldiers who had either failed the Army Physical Fitness Test or had been on the Army Body Fat Composition program. The camp focused on the triad of overall health: physical fitness, nutrition and sleep, by providing education and personalized coaching to Soldiers in all three of those phases of life and more. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

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US Army Revamps Body Fat Test for Soldiers

The US Army has introduced a new approach Army Body Composition Program to measure body fat in warfighters more accurately.

14 June

Americas

Airman 1st Class Caleb Strout, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron flight medicine admin technician, supplies a simulated casualty with oxygen during a training exercise at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. Aug. 16, 2022. The Medic Rodeo is designed to test the skills of Air Force medical technicians in both deployed and home installation environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Heimbuch)

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DARPA to Develop User-Friendly General Anesthetic for Warfighters

DARPA has introduced a new program to develop safe, effective, and battle-ready anesthetics for warfighters.

8 June

Americas

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen also known as PJs (para-jumpers) from the, Alaska Air National Guard Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and (Pararescue/Guardian Angels) from Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz., transport a wounded body during simulated mass casualty combat training scenario July 30, 2014.

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US DoD Awards Cerus Additional Funds for Traumatic Injury Bleeding Solution

The US has awarded Cerus Corporation an $8.7 million follow-on contract to develop a solution for traumatic injury bleeding in warfighters.

6 June

Americas

In an effort to help educate beneficiaries on what brain injury services and support are available, a Brain Injury Awareness Open House was held March 21, at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. The Pacific Regional Medical Command's Traumatic Brain Injury Program, is a comprehensive program which provides a continuum of integrated care and services for active duty service members and other beneficiaries with TBI. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

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US DoD Funds Stem Cell Research for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

The US has awarded UTHealth Houston a contract to research if stem cells reduce neuroinflammatory response to brain injury in warfighters.

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