KERA's Think

Battlefield Medicine Needs To Change Right Now


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In military speak, “the golden hour” is that critical 60 minutes between when a soldier is wounded to when he or she must receive life-saving care. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood joins host Krys Boyd to talk about current experiments and crucial advances taking place in battlefield medicine that could push the chances of survival well beyond a one-hour window. His article, “Saving Lives in Tomorrow’s War, Today” appears in Texas Monthly.
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