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The U.S. Space Force was stood up on December 20, 2019 as an independent branch under the Air Force consisting of about 16,000 active duty and civilian personnel focused singularly on space. In addition to the Space Force, the plans by NASA and private industry for exploration-class long-duration missions to the moon, near-earth asteroids, and Mars makes semi-independent medical capability in space a priority. Current practice for space-based medicine is limited and relies on a "life-raft" scenario for emergencies. Discussions by working groups on military space-based medicine include placing a Role III equivalent facility in a lunar surface station. Surgical capability is a key requirement for that facility.

To prepare for the eventuality of surgery in space, it is necessary to develop low-mass, low power, mini-surgical robots, which could serve as a celestial replacement for existing terrestrial robots. The current study focused on developing semi-autonomous capability in surgical robotics, specificallyy on long-duration missions will require human/machine teaming with semi-autonomous surgical robots. Our existing small, lightweight, low-power miniature robots perform multiple essential tasks in one design including hemostasis, fluid management, suturing for traumatic wounds, and are fully insertable for internal surgical procedures. To prepare for the inevitable eventuality of an emergency surgery in space, it is essential that automated surgical robot capabilities be developed.

Prolonged field care for junctional wounds is challenging and involves limb movement to facilitate transport. No studies to date have explored the efficacy of gauze products to limit rebleeding in these scenarios.

We randomly assigned 48 swine to QuikClot Combat Gauze, ChitoGauze, NuStat Tactical, or Kerlix treatment groups (12 each) and then inflicted a severe groin injury by utilizing a modified Kheirabadi model of a 6-mm femoral artery punch followed by unrestricted bleeding for 60 seconds. We reassessed rebleed following limb movement at 30 minutes of stabilization and 4 hours after stabilization.

Swine treated with Combat Gauze proved to have the lowest incidence of rebleeding, and conversely, NuStat Tactical had the highest incidence of rebleeding at wounds after limb movement. Importantly, rebleeds occurred at a rate of 25%-58% across all swine treatment groups at 30 minutes postinjury and 0%-42% at 270 minutes postinjury demonstrating that limb movements universally challenge hemostatic junctional wounds.

Our findings highlight the difficulty of controlling hemorrhage from junctional wounds with hemostatic gauze in the context of prolonged field care and casualty transport. Our research can guide selection of hemorrhage control gauze when patients have prolonged field extraction or difficult transport. Our data demonstrates the frequency of junctional wound rebleeding after movement and thus the importance of frequent patient reassessment.

Our findings highlight the difficulty of controlling hemorrhage from junctional wounds with hemostatic gauze in the context of prolonged field care and casualty transport. Our research can guide selection of hemorrhage control gauze when patients have prolonged field extraction or difficult transport. Our data demonstrates the frequency of junctional wound rebleeding after movement and thus the importance of frequent patient reassessment.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mild febrile illness generally transmitted via the bite of infected Aedes species mosquitoes, including Aedes aegypti, with the potential to cause neurological complications. Nearly 200 U.S. military installations are located within areas where Aedes mosquitos are found, putting thousands of personnel at risk for infection with ZIKV. This analysis aims to quantify the benefits of interventions, including vaccination, to decrease the risk of ZIKV on U.S. military installations.

The authors developed a dynamic transmission model to test the "effectiveness" of vaccination, personal protective measures (PPM), and mosquito control at reducing morbidity within U.S. military populations. ZIKV transmission was modeled as a compartmental susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered model tracking interactions between humans and mosquitos and incorporating seasonality of mosquito populations and the potential for herd immunity. The model included two-dose vaccination as well as symptomatic and asymuate the economic impact of the interventions versus the reduced level of illness and downtime in this setting.

Given the current vaccine, the model predicted that up to 92.8% of Zika cases occurring in deployment settings over a 10-year period could be prevented by adding vaccination to current low-level PPM. Combining vaccination with other interventions can reduce cases further. A location-specific cost-benefit analysis would be a valuable contribution to outbreak control policy as it could evaluate the economic impact of the interventions versus the reduced level of illness and downtime in this setting.

Repeated blast exposures result in structural damage to the peripheral auditory system (PAS) and the central auditory system (CAS). Rimiducid supplier However, it is difficult to differentiate injuries between two distinct pathways the mechanical damage in the PAS caused by blast pressure waves transmitted through the ear and the damage in the CAS caused by blast wave impacts on the head or traumatic brain injury. This article reports a preliminary study using a 3D printed chinchilla "helmet" as a head protection device associated with the hearing protection devices (e.g., earplugs) to isolate the CAS damage from the PAS injuries under repeated blast exposures.

A finite element (FE) model of the chinchilla helmet was created based on micro-computed tomography images of a chinchilla skull and inputted into ANSYS for FE analysis on the helmet's protection against blast over pressure. The helmet was then 3D printed and used for animal experiments. Chinchillas were divided into four cases (ears open, with earplug only, with both earplug and helmet, and with helmet only) and exposed to three blasts at blast over pressure of 15 to 20 psi. Hearing function tests (e.g., auditory brainstem response) were performed before and after blast on Day 1 and Days 4 and 7 after blasts.

The FE model simulation showed a significant reduction in intracranial stress with the helmet, and the animal results indicated that both earplug and helmet reduced the severity of blast-induced auditory injuries by approximately 20 dB but with different mechanisms.

The biomechanical modeling and animal experiments demonstrated that this four-case study in chinchillas with helmet and hearing protection devices provides a novel methodology to investigate the blast-induced damage in the PAS and CAS.

The biomechanical modeling and animal experiments demonstrated that this four-case study in chinchillas with helmet and hearing protection devices provides a novel methodology to investigate the blast-induced damage in the PAS and CAS.