German Hospital Saving American Lives

With all the sullen and negative reporting coming out of Afghanistan and Iraq now, it's nice to finally hear a story about American survivors rather than casualties. The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a US military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, is at the forefront of military medicine. The medical center carries a 99.5% survival rate in its trauma unit, an incredibly impressive feat given the challenges of military injuries. Many injured soldiers actually choose to have their surgeries done at this hospital because of its innovation and success. The full article delves into many specific modernizations that the LRMC is using. I know that this story does not directly deal with what we are/have been studying, but it is an interesting and heart-warming aside, and it's always good to know that, through all of the tumult of war, amazing things are still happening. You can read the full article here.