Rosalind Franklin University researcher wins DoD grant to improve combat casualty care

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- North Chicago, IL -- Advances in battlefield trauma care, fueled by evidence-based research and practice, are saving lives in both combat and civilian settings. At Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, researchers in the Resuscitation Institute are working under a $1.9 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate a better way to manage simultaneous hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

“We’re determined to find a way to treat wounded combat personnel who suffer both severe bleeding and TBI,” said Resuscitation Institute Director Dr. Raul J. Gazmuri, the principal investigator for the grant. Dr. Gazmuri is also a professor of medicine and physiology at RFU’s Chicago Medical School and chief of critical care at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.

The need for more effective treatment for the deadly combination was recognized as a research priority by the Defense Health Board in 2012. The board reported that “optimizing hemorrhage control and managing hemorrhagic shock in the battlefield offered the greatest potential to avoid preventable deaths.” It emphasized the need for studies investigating optimal resuscitation strategies for casualties with TBI …

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(2017-12-02), Rosalind Franklin University researcher wins DoD grant to improve combat casualty care, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 3242, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014746323