Military medics train to keep casualties alive until evacuation. In the next war, that could take days, or even weeks.

Military medics and trauma teams are training for a potential battlefield where they must care for wounded teammates for weeks before they can be evacuated. Spc. Edgar Martinez/US Army Military medics are training for a future war where fast casualty evacuation is no longer a reality. Such a battlefield could see medics tending to stabilized casualties for days or weeks before accessing advanced care. A senior military trauma leader warned that prolonged casualty care cannot solve all looming…