For Immediate Release: April 19, 2024
By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research
Two middle school-aged children knelt next to a pair of life-like mannequins — one a full-body figure, the other a lower torso with its right leg severed below the knee, complete with bleeding.
With encouragement from Sailors manning the booth, the kids attempted to perform CPR and apply a tourniquet as another Sailor studied a sophisticated computer-simulation system showing detailed vital signs for the mannequins, in order to ensure the would-be medics were doing their jobs correctly.
The mannequins were part of a booth hosted by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s Department of Simulation, in partnership with the Department of the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).