Early Battlefield Interventions (EBI)
Abstract
The Early Battlefield Interventions (EBI) program explored new methods to slow and limit damage caused by acute trauma, injury, and bloodstream infection often suffered by warfighters under far forward conditions. Research efforts applied advances in molecular and cellular biology, cell signaling, and biomaterials to develop new tools to alter the time course of pathological processes and prevent bloodstream infections in warfighters that suffer trauma. This tactic is a departure from traditional therapeutic approaches that seek to control symptoms associated with active infections or innate physiological responses to tissue trauma. Therapeutics were developed to rapidly detect infections following trauma and deliver therapeutics to restore healthy physiology. Advances in this area may be applied to the development of both prophylactic and therapeutic medical countermeasures to forward-deployed service members.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 110197836bcd5d6963669d4d47651ff5