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Jun. 22, 2016
  

The lowest rate of fatalities among the wounded was achieved during Operation Protective Edge compared to all of Israel’s previous conflicts – less than 10%, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Col. Tarif Bader revealed during a special simulation conference on the Challenges of Battlefield Treatment held Tuesday at the Center for Digital Innovation (CDI).

The goal of the daylong simulation was to develop ideas and strategies to save lives by integrating digital methods in the process of medical evacuations from the battlefield and their transport to field hospitals and further treatment centers. The conference was a joint initiative of CDI and the IDF Medical Corps. Chief Medical Officer Lt.-Gen. Dr. Dudu Dagan, BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi, CDI Founder and CEO Zik Ofek, and head of the medical operations branch Col. Dr Avi Yitzhak were all in attendance.

Dr. Bader noted that the integration of professional skills and advanced technologies was responsible for the upgrade in the treatment of the wounded from Operation Protective Edge that saved lives.

“There is still room for improvement in medical documenting and reporting” of battlefield wounded, he said. “It could be the development of a smart disk, bracelet or watch. Documenting and reporting are critical measures in treating the wounded. The most salient feature of battlefields is their uncertainty and from that perspective any means that could assist medical corpsmen are of utmost importance. The more solutions we have, there is a greater chance we can save the wounded.”


President Prof. Carmi emphasized that the connection between battlefield medicine and digital innovation is a winning combination. CDI founder and CEO Ofek noted that the purpose of the daylong simulation was to connect as many relevant parties as possible in order to explore the subject from an integrated perspective.