HONORING INNOVATION
GOING AGAINST THE FLOW
The SAM Junctional Tourniquet, being fielded by the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), is designed to save warfighters from bleeding to death on the battlefield. Led by a team based at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, the junctional tourniquet allows medical personnel to stop bleeding in the groin or armpit area, where they cannot use the Combat Application Tourniquet. The tourniquet can be positioned in about 60 seconds—a crucial factor for combat medics who only have minutes to save the life of a fellow warfighter who is hemorrhaging. (Photo by Ellen Crown, USAMMA Public Affairs)
his team to focus on creating a tourniquet that could “work for the Cpl. Smiths of the world,” in the words of Kragh, while providing caregivers a quick, efficient tool to address battlefield wounds.
In January 2014, an Afghan National Army soldier was shot in the upper thigh in a village in Afghanistan and later transferred to the Afghan side of the Combined United States – Afghan National Army Aid Station for further treatment. Following repeated attempts to stop the bleeding from the soldier’s wound, U.S. Army medics applied the SAM Junctional Tourniquet in under three minutes, ultimately saving the soldier, who then was able to receive numerous blood transfusions and treatment at an Afghan hospital.
Kragh and his team anticipate that including the SAM Junc- tional Tourniquet in the Army Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Team’s kit will improve survival rates. Kragh’s team cited a study of combat casualty care from 2001 to 2011 dur- ing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to emphasize that of the preventable deaths, 19.2 percent were the result of junctional wounds. Kragh said the team’s focus is on that group and that it will continue to monitor battlefield casualty statistics.
Patrick O’Neill, chief technology officer for AMC, which initi- ated the award program on behalf of the Army, said all three winning submissions embody the strategic and tactical thinking that Greene applied to the Army’s materiel development and procurement programs.
“Te 2015 winners of the Maj. Gen. Harold ‘Harry’ J. Greene Award for Innovation are truly representative of the diverse research and development efforts taking place across the Army in support of the Soldier,” he said. “Tis award honors those innovative ideas and the Army Soldiers and civilians who work tirelessly to ensure that Soldiers are better protected and more capable, and it stands as a reminder to our workforce that their efforts save lives and improve Army readiness for today, tomor- row and the future.”
Future Greene awards will recognize Soldiers and civilians who contribute to Army science, technology, research and devel- opment, and whose efforts foster innovation and excellence throughout the materiel enterprise.
Te nomination window for the FY16 Maj. Gen. Harold
“Harry” J. Greene Award for Innovation opened Sept. 15 and closes Dec. 15.
For more information, go to
http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/ agiap.html.
MR. BRIAN BEALL is an analyst supporting AMC’s chief technology officer for basic research for BRTRC Federal Solutions. Within the Chief Technology Office, he supports AMC’s Maj. Gen. Harold “Harry” J. Greene Award for Innovation and the Army Innovation Campaign. He has an international MBA from the University of Memphis and a B.A. in foreign languages for commerce from the University of North Alabama.
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