From Nextgov.com: Army, Air Force mine databases to manage evacuations of wounded

Systems balance the need to remove injured soldiers with the safety of medevacs, help design better armor and prepare medical teams for when troops arrive at hospitals for treatment.

The Army and Air Force have begun to use computer systems to better manage the medical evacuation of troops wounded on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, including a data management system that fine-tunes the process.

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