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Virtual Critical Care Consultation project designed to improve patient outcomes
March 10, 2016 — Army medics deployedto remote or austere locations can face challenges when caring for injuredSoldiers. In an effort toprovide medical care guidance and recommendations by senior, experienced... MORE

Close Observation Bay fills gaps between Burn Intensive Care Unit, progressive care
February 5, 2016 — A few days after having a ribbon-cutting ceremony to openthe new Close Observation Bay at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical ResearchBurn Center Progressive Care Unit at JointBase San Antonio-Fort... MORE

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center sets new patient admittance record in 2015
February 5, 2016 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center atFort Sam Houston set a new record in 2015 with the most patients being admittedin a calendar year. In 2015, there were 819 patients admitted... MORE

Army Medicine research scientists work to eliminate heat-related injuries
September 3, 2015 — A team of research scientists at the Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute are working to eliminate heat-related injuries to military service members... MORE

Srinivas Laxminarayan, a researcher with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, presents a study on heat-related injuries at the 2015 Military Health System Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Aug. 17-20.

College interns complete summer program at U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
September 3, 2015 — A group of undergraduate college students wrapped up their research with a poster presentation for the USAISR staff to highlight their work... MORE

Betty Nguyen (left), a student at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains her poster to Graham Poagge, a biological science technicion at Brooke Army Medical Center clinical studies Aug. 12.

FDA approves cold-stored platelets for resuscitation
August 5, 2015 — The Food and Drug Administration announced June 29 the approval of cold-stored apheresis platelets for the resuscitation of bleeding patients... MORE

Armando Rodriguez draws platelets to prepare them for a series of tests to determine platelet function at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research on Fort Sam Houston.