DefenceTalkIt’s time for Soldiers to step it up with the Performance Triad goals. Literally. During FY 2014, the Performance Triad pilot program was conducted in three separate active-duty battalions. The data from the pilot program provided a picture of the sleep, activity, and nutrition behaviors of Soldiers in the pilot at baseline and throughout the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-stepping-up-the-performance-triad-62033/

DefenceTalkA Dutch-based student on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of an “ambulance drone”, a flying defibrillator able to reach heart attack victims within precious life-saving minutes. Developed by Belgian engineering graduate Alec Momont, it can fly at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour). “Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ambulance-drone-prototype-unveiled-in-holland-60916/

DefenceTalkSoldiers whose eyes are injured during combat have a better chance of returning to duty with their vision intact due to some revisions in the Army’s first-aid kit. The rigid eye shield was added as a component to the Army’s “Individual First-Aid Kit II,” which was distributed to the first Army units in the fall […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-first-aid-kits-include-new-eye-shield-59342/

DefenceTalkThe Army is now issuing to Soldiers the more robust, more streamlined “Individual First Aid Kit II” as replacement for the older kit which was built inside an ammunition pouch for a Squad Automatic Weapon. The IFAK II contains all the supplies of the old kit, with the addition of a second tourniquet, a tactical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-first-aid-kit-includes-eye-protection-strap-cutter-49894/

DefenceTalkThe government shutdown did not stop the official opening Oct. 1 of the Defense Health Agency, a major streamlining effort of military medicine that has been in the works for three decades and signed into law earlier this year. “This day has been a long time in coming, and represents a major milestone in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-defense-health-agency-to-streamline-functions-49317/

DefenceTalkResearch advances in mental health and care provided for Soldiers is light years ahead of what it was during the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the director of Army Medical Command told Congress. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, Army surgeon general, testified at a House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on Mental […]https://www.defencetalk.com/funding-for-mental-health-research-yielding-results-47459/

DefenceTalkAgustaWestland is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract for a fleet of AW139 twin engine helicopters to equip the Saudi Aeromedical Evacuation Department of the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The helicopters will be configured with a dedicated aeromedical interior to perform air ambulance operations, with deliveries starting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-medevac-to-be-equipped-with-aw139-helicopters-47077/