MASH: Medics Autonomously Stopping Hemorrhage

In large-scale conflicts, many warfighters die from injuries that could be survivable if they could get to a surgeon quickly. The biggest challenge is finding and stopping severe bleeding in the torso – what doctors call non-compressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH).

The Medics Autonomously Stopping Hemorrhage (MASH) program aims to develop robotic systems to autonomously find and stop life-threatening bleeding inside the body, giving injured warfighters a much better chance of survival in combat situations.