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When the IVAS goggles are activated, the user can see the simulated internal anatomy of the whole warfighter.
Marine corpsmen, like Army medics, typically operate in unique and diverse environments based on mission requirements. Often serving alongside Marine infantry, corpsmen must complete specialized field medical training, in addition to basic medical training. Corpsmen can be relatively young, from 19 years old to their early 20s, as most enlist right out of high school. Tey receive their basic medical training at the Medical Education and Training Campus in San Antonio, Texas, where they learn their foundational medical knowledge, terminology, anatomy, physi- ology and lifesaving skills.
Corpsmen receive their specialized field medical training at the Field Medical Training Battalion (FMTB) at one of two loca- tions—FMTB West at Camp Pendleton, California, or FMTB East at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Tis training quali- fies them to become Fleet Marine Force hospital corpsmen. Te FMTB schoolhouse teaches corpsmen specialized skills for operating within Marine units, providing combat medicine and tactical combat casualty care training. As corpsmen are often embedded with Marine units, their roles require them to be highly adaptable to meet both the physical and clinical demands of a combat environment.
Corpsmen, like medics, face complex environmental stress- ors—such as treating wounded warfighters while under fire. Cutting-edge technologies like the IVAS can augment their expe- rience and provide additional aids for timely decision-making, including the virtual expert guidance, which can serve as a valu- able source of supplemental training or a refresher. Te IVAS does not require network or cloud communications and can function in all domestic and international environments. Tese technol- ogies are designed to enhance knowledge and skill, but they are also created to not overwhelm or add to the stress of the user.
CONCLUSION Te main advantage of augmented reality software and goggles or glasses is the ability to put graphical and textual information
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directly into the field of view of the user at the moment it’s needed. Tis approach is a powerful source of information not satisfied by old technology, hard copy manuals, training videos or other traditional training aids. Te corpsmen and medic tool is designed to be an application of state-of-the-art technology to provide combat support for medical readiness and to support timely return-to-duty. It is a prime example of bringing infor- mation on demand, at any time and in any environment to the user, with the user in control of content and delivery.
For more information, contact Gary
gary.p.zientara.civ@
health.mil or 508-206-2416.
Zientara at
GARY P. ZIENTARA, PH.D., has been serving as a senior research scientist at
the USARIEM since 2014. His research
includes the human digital twin and the development of photonics-based non-contact medical devices. He previously served as a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D.
in physical chemistry from
Cornell University and a B.S. in chemistry from Syracuse University. He did his post-doctoral research at Cornell University.
ADAM W. POTTER, PH.D., has been serving as a research physiologist at the USARIEM since 2010. Previously, he worked in inpatient medical research, managing more than a dozen drug and device clinical trials (Phase II-IV), and was active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years. He holds a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics with a focus on clinical informatics and nanomedicine from Rutgers University-Newark; an MBA and an M.S. in sport and health sciences from American Military University; and a B.A. in psychology from Cambridge College. His research focuses on modeling and measuring human performance, specifically in response to environmental extremes and related to body composition and endocrinology. His scientific findings have resulted in more than 140 open literature publications and government reports.
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