Using Military Experience to Improve Care for Rural Trauma Patients
In rural Minnesota, it could take hours for patients to get to the closest hospital after an accident. Retired Army Colonel Dr. Greg Beilman, a critical care surgeon and director of the Translational Center for Resuscitative Trauma Care at the Medical School, is working to find solutions for this problem. Using his military expertise, together with a team of researchers, doctors, EMS providers and information technologists, the center is making significant progress in delivering better care in the field for patients.