USAF Maj. Julie Thompson applies a Combat Action Tourniquet to Elizabeth Weissbrod, a Medical Illustrator, at the Wide Area Virtual Environment (WAVE) lab, after she suffered a simulated arm wound during a virtual reality ambush scenario at the USU Val G. Hemming Simulation Center in Silver Spring, Md., Apr. 3, 2017. In the WAVE, medical students, like Uniformed Services University (USU) medical students Thompson and Navy Commander Amy Ziezulewicz, can repeatedly exercise the techniques they have learned in the classroom, while being exposed to combat stressors and chaotic situations they

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USAF Maj. Julie Thompson applies a Combat Action Tourniquet to Elizabeth Weissbrod, a Medical Illustrator, at the Wide Area Virtual Environment (WAVE) lab, after she suffered a simulated arm wound during a virtual reality ambush scenario at the USU Val G. Hemming Simulation Center in Silver Spring, Md., Apr. 3, 2017. In the WAVE, medical students, like Uniformed Services University (USU) medical students Thompson and Navy Commander Amy Ziezulewicz, can repeatedly exercise the techniques they have learned in the classroom, while being exposed to combat stressors and chaotic situations they may experience when deployed. ( Air Force photo by Eddins Jr.) 170403-F-LW859-018 by AirmanMagazine

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