The US Army is implementing a new training program for medical personnel based on a technically advanced dummy called Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exportable, or TC3X. The mannequin mimics many types of wounds experienced by soldiers on the modern battlefield, including three main causes of death: airway obstruction, pulmonary edema and hemorrhage commonly called "ABC" - airway, breathing, and circulation.
The TC3X is fully animatronic and effectively simulates ABC through a closely monitored internal system, providing feedback to soldiers through physical movements and vocalizations.
Movements and sounds can be set and controlled by the operator before the start of a training session. The controller has many built-in scenarios, including the ability to run custom ones. Exercise scenarios include gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries, head injuries and full amputations.
“You should definitely treat it like you would treat a human,” said Lt. Col. Rickardo Christopher, Product Manager of Medical Simulation, U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation. “If you don’t apply correct pressure to the wound, it’ll keep bleeding just like a real human being.”
The mannequin is resistant to dust, dirt, mild humidity and temperature changes, necessary for field training.
Sources: soldiersystems.net, army.mil,
