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U.S. Military Ends Practice of Shooting Live Animals to Train Medics to Treat Battlefield Wounds

The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act bans the use of live animals in live fire training exercises and prohibits ...
Stars and Stripes

Military ends ‘painful’ experiments on cats and dogs and stops shooting of animals in ‘trauma’ exercises

The shift is part of a government-wide effort to phase out the use of live animals in federally sponsored tests, studies and ...
WVEC

Military promises to cut down on use of live animals in trauma training

WASHINGTON — In an effort to save troops' lives, the military uses live animals during trauma training for its medics. But a new report says the U.S Department of Defense (DOD) cannot demonstrate ...
WTOL

Trauma Training highlights need for increased efforts to help children with trauma in foster care

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Trauma Training Conference jointly hosted by NAMI Greater Toledo and CareNet at the Main Library in downtown Toledo touched on the fact that some children in foster care struggle ...
usace.army.mil

Transforming Trauma Care: Modernizing the Army PA Battlefield Training

Fort Carson, Colo. - U.S. Army Capt. William Clark, a physician's assistant (PA) with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, took a deep breath as he stepped onto the floor for his ...
The Gazette

Monthly trauma training keeps skills sharp at Colorado Springs hospital

Emergency room doctor Jennifer West checks the vitals of a motorcycle crash patient during a Simulated Trauma Alert Training Tuesday in the Emergency Department at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central.