Collaboration with U.S. Army seeks to improve medic training and certification
Triage care on the battlefield requires split-second decision-making and proficiency in providing first aid. Correctly applying a tourniquet or inserting an intubation tube before a patient is evacuated to a hospital could save lives. To improve training for the field medics responsible for this level of care, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will team up with researchers from the United States Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida, to better understand skill acquisition and to standardize the prolonged field care (PFC) certification process.
With the support of a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, the team will combine neuroimaging, computer vision, eye-tracking, and artificial intelligence methods to make PFC certification faster, more objective, and scalable for all soldiers.