The newly revamped center for sustainment of trauma and readiness skills training site in St. Louis, Mo., recently opened a highly realistic emergency medicine trauma simulation lab where Air Force medical personnel can sharpen their trauma care skills prior to an expeditionary deployment. “The lab can simulate multiple patient trauma and help medical personnel make the decision on what to do with a patient, whether to airlift them out, perform surgery, or come up with an alternative plan,” said Capt. Scott Fallin, C-STARS administrator at St. Louis. The lab features life-like mannequins with vital signs and bodily functions. The students treat the faux patients under the watchful eyes of instructors who can alter the mannequins’ conditions to challenge the students. When treatment is correct, a mannequin’s condition improves. If incorrect, its condition will worsen. St. Louis is one of three C-STAR training locations for Air Force medical personnel, along with Baltimore and Cincinnati. (Scott report by A1C Andrew Davis and Laura Mays) (For more on expeditionary medical care, including C-STARS, read AfterM*A*S*H.)
The first flight of the secretive B-21 bomber has slipped to mid-2022, but the program is moving along well, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden said in an exclusive interview. The second copy of the B-21, which will be used for structural testing, is now on the production…