Artist’s concept demonstrating management of a complex polytrauma patient, starting near the point of injury and continuing throughout the evacuation process, via a single intravascular cannula placed by a field medic.
What is an Intravascular Cannula?
The GOLDen hour extended EVACuation (GOLDEVAC) program aims to test whether it is possible to manage a complex polytrauma patient, starting near the point of injury and continuing throughout the evacuation process, via a single intravascular cannula that can be placed by a field medic.
Specifically, GOLDEVAC will answer a critical question regarding this care: Whether it is possible to resuscitate and oxygenate a patient via a single interface, for extended periods, without the thrombotic complications associated with current extracorporeal oxygenation methods/devices.
If successful, GOLDEVAC will yield a single intravascular device and gas exchange (i.e. oxygenation) strategy to address a wide range of life-threatening injuries and buy more time to accomplish medical evacuation.
In this way, GOLDEVAC could provide a medical force multiplier that could enhance the Department of War’s (DOW) ability to successfully care for and then evacuate many more wounded service members, even during large-scale conflict.
Source: DARPA | Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Jacob Fisher
https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/golden-hour-extended-evacuation?utm_source=dvids&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=goldevac&utm_term=program
| Date Taken: | 06.01.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.25.2026 11:44 |
| Photo ID: | 9772784 |
| VIRIN: | 260601-O-SB080-1729 |
| Resolution: | 3840x2160 |
| Size: | 1.38 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US |
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