How the US Military is Changing Combat Medicine

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During the GWOT era, the U.S. military mastered immediately treating and then rapidly casevaccing the wounded. Highly trained medical personnel were on the ground in most units and on patrol, on the casevac helos, and teams of surgeons and doctors were stationed close to the frontlines to patch up troops who likely would have died from those same injuries in past conflicts.

But was the 'Golden Hour' threshold enough time to save the lives of critically wounded troops?

According to studies conducted throughout the Global War on Terrorism Era, it was quickly found that one hour was too much, and more like 20 minutes or less — depending on the injuries — was the threshold for saving the lives of critically wounded troops.

Today's host, U.S. Army combat veteran Thom Tran shares his unique perspective on this topic as a soldier who was literally shot in the head in combat.

Written by: Joshua Skovlund

Edited by: Savvy

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