Medical Simulator Helps Train Surgeons in Multiple Amputations

A line of ruggedized, tetherless training manikins is engineered to deliver authentic simulations of severe trauma injuries, and provide lifelike physiological response to treatment.

The TraumaFX Multiple Amputation Trauma Trainer (MATT) includes a high-fidelity lower body, which replicates severe blast injuries, which can be paired with an optional upper body simulator, other existing training aids. The trainer can also be worn by human patient actors to provide realistic training for hemorrhage control and other critical injuries. MATT is made of a specially formulated reusable synthetic tissue with unparalleled realism and durability, creating an authentic simulation of severe battlefield injuries to improve medical task training, and provide critical emotional and stress conditioning. The upper body component includes matching realistic skin, weight and feel, a tension pneumothorax-penetrating wound on the chest, and abdominal training elements.

MATT also provides authentic leg movement, bleeding and pressure-sensitive response to tourniquet application, offering a highly-realistic solution to help train military field personnel, civilian paramedics, and medical professionals in handling traumatic blast injuries, improve tourniquet application skills, and ultimately save lives in the field by improving response to one of the leading preventable causes of death in the battlefield.

The TraumaFX MATT was developed by Kforce Government Solutions (KGS; Fairfax, VA, USA), in conjunction with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC; Alafaya, FL, USA), under the Severe Trauma Simulation Army Technology Objective.

"The visual and tactile impact of such lifelike simulations provide medics, soldiers and civilian trauma responders an invaluable opportunity to experience, in a controlled environment, the stress and emotional reactions that often accompany treating real-world injuries this severe,” said Major General (retired), Glen Shaffer, Executive Vice President of KGS. "Combined with hands-on practice and accurate physiological response from MATT, the training allows responders to develop better medical skills for treating critical injuries in the field.”

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U.S. RDECOM Simulation and Training Technology Center