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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...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., January 19, 2021 /3BL Media/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has received 510(k) clearance for the first rapid handheld traumatic brain injury (TBI) blood test, which will help clinicians assess individuals with suspected mild TBIs, including concussions. The test will run on Abbott's handheld i-STAT™ Alinity™ platform. Tests results are available within 15 minutes after plasma is placed in the test cartridge. TBIs, including concussions, are an alteration in brain function caused by an external force. This test measures specific proteins present in the blood after a TBI. A neg...

GSDF staffer accused of molesting school girl By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 16, 2021 TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 35-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member over the alleged molestation of an elementary school girl earlier this month, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 15). At around 2:00 p.m. on January 11, Takuya Kubo, a major in the Ground Research and Development Command, allegedly abducted the girl, a fifth-year student, from an event in Chiyoda Ward. Kubo then took the girl into a room of a building in neighboring Chuo Ward and fondled her body. The gir...

6 FORT DETRICK, MD – The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, in partnership with BioFire Defense LLC, announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing approvals for the Next Generation Diagnostics System Increment 1 Infectious Disease Panel, also known as the Global Fever Panel, and the associated External Control Kit. The FilmArray® Global Fever Panel is a commercially available single-use, fully enclosed test for use with the BioFire® FilmArray 2.0 instrument to aid in the diagnosis of malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya fever and leptospirosis. Altho...

6 Following a year of intense dedication to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s sprawling efforts to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, LTC Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh has been named a 2021 Heroes of Military Medicine award winner. The award, which honors outstanding contributions by individuals dedicated to advancing the ideals and reach of military medicine, is presented by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.. “It was obviously extremely exciting and surprising,” said Colacicco-Mayhugh, noting that she ...