Navy Medicine Still Trains Medics on Live Animals; Veterans Want It to Stop
15 Apr 2022
The Virginian-Pilot | By Ian Munro
Nearly 50 people gathered to protest the practice that is used to prepare medics for the field.
However, one Army veteran doctor who once trained on a live goat, said the method of using live animals as training tools is outdated and ineffective compared to modern simulations.
“When seconds count, and you want to have that muscle memory, the muscle memory is there with a simulator that is a person‚” not an animal, said Dr. Robert DeMuth, 52, of Des Moines, Iowa, and supporter of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Live tissue training involves sedating an animal and inflicting wounds that are then treated and then humanely putting down the animal before it wakes up, according to medical journal documents.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/15/navy-medicine-still-trains-medics-live-animals-veterans-want-it-stop.html
