For years, troops relied on handwritten cards and bulky manuals for battlefield medical guidance. Now, Ukrainian and US developers are building and testing AI tools to help when there isn’t a medic nearby and evacuation isn’t an option.
Battlefields increasingly shaped by drones have pushed troops into small, dispersed teams that may be far from medical care when someone is wounded.
“As the tactical environment limits the ability to move, then we have to provide care wherever we are,” said retired military trauma surgeon Travis Polk, who leads the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Military Medicine Research. His team has developed a tool…
