3 CAMP CARROLL, South Korea U.S. Army medical logisticians are working to ensure Soldiers on the Korean Peninsula have the latest and most effective medical devices available.
Over the past three years, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency and U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity have teamed up to execute numerous missions to modernize medical equipment sets and individual devices for Eighth Army medical units.
Medical devices being replaced include X-ray machines, suction apparatus, surgical sterilizers and more. Units supported ranged from area support medical and ground ambulance companies to dental, optometry and veterinarian units.
According to Jude Corpuz, a regional manager with USAMMDA, the devices had reached the end of their life cycle and could no longer be supported by medical maintenance depots or manufacturers.
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For bleeding patients, can cold storage of platelets improve blood clotting?
$26 million in funding to help determine whether cold platelets can reduce blood loss more effectively than those stored at room temperature
The image illustrates platelets, which are essential for normal blood clotting in the body. Platelets are the focus of a large, multicenter study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. The researchers want to know whether maintaining platelets in cold storage is as effective in reducing blood loss as platelets stored at room temperature and whether the shelf life of cold platelets can be safely extended to 21 days. (Image: Getty Images)
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The image illustrates platelets, which are essential for normal blood clotting in the body. Platelets are the focus of a large, multicenter study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. The researchers want to know whether maintaining platelets in cold storage is as effective in reducing blood loss as platelets stored at room temperature and whether the shelf life of cold platelets can be safely extended to 21 days.
Patients undergoing complex cardiac surgery are at risk of excessive bleeding, a life-threatening complication that can occur during or after the operation and often requires a transfusion of platelets. Platelets help blood clot, preventing blood loss.