Geneva ‘JBLM Grant’ winners advancing new standard of care for trauma victim resuscitation
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Lt. Col. (P) Matthew Eckert and Capt. Daniel Lammers will present their research on a novel treatment for traumatic blood loss at the 34th EAST Scientific Assembly this month. TACOMA, Wash. (PRWEB) January 06, 2021 During acute trauma scenarios, medical personnel are in a battle with time as the challenge becomes: is there enough time to stop ongoing blood loss?
Hemorrhage from major trauma is the leading cause of death on the battlefield and survival depends on prompt surgical interventions. A military research team at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is looking at novel ways to treat blood loss using a cardiac agent shown to improve patient survival in some models. Their research was funded by a ‘JBLM Small Grant Competition,’ made possible by a partnership between Geneva