Battlefield Life Support
USINFO | 2013-10-09 11:11
Speaking of life-saving technologies, the U.S. Marines' Monitoring Oxygen Ventilation and External Suction (MOVES) platform is something like life support for warfighters right at the point of battle. It can be fixed to a stretcher when a wounded Marine reaches triage and can provide the necessary oxygen for survival throughout transit and on into the hospital. The various onboard sensors that continuously monitor the patient's vitals are powered by two independent batteries so they can be hot-swapped without having to cut power to the unit even for a moment. Once the Marine reaches the hospital, MOVES can be taken off the stretcher and integrated right into the hospital environment so the wounded party never has to be transitioned from one life-support platform to another.
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