(FORT CARSON, Colo.) — A medical response training was held on Fort Carson as soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division tested the Army’s new, Next Generation Command and Control ecosystem (NextGenC2) on Tuesday, March 10. It also marks the fifth and final Ivy Sting training exercise, according to the Army post, which began on Monday, March 9, and will continue through Friday, March 13.
Captain Samantha Hatfield, the NextGenC2 liaison for Evans Army Community Hospital, said Tuesday’s training included testing sensor data that is vital to tracking a patient’s condition on the battlefield. In addition to tracking their location, the data is also able to monitor a patient’s heart rate, breathing rate, and core body temperature—just to name a few.
“We are triaging them using that data,” she said, “and then, we are using medical A-tack devices to visualize that data, track the patients on the battlefield, and send them through the appropriate roles of care.”
Capt. Hatfield said the data helps service members visualize what’s happening on the battlefield in real time. “And eventually it will be able to build predictive AI models to help us make better decisions about patient routes for evacuation and supplies needed to treat more patients.”…