FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force is developing technology that will allow medical personnel to treat multiple patients at once on the battlefield.
The technology, known as Battlefield Airmen Trauma Distributed Observation Kit (BATDOK) is part of a larger family of technology known as Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge (BATMAN). During a treatment, an Air Force pararescue jumper would arrive on location and place digital sensors on wounded areas of his patients, which would feed into a hand-held device like a smart phone to monitor vital signs.