The mission of the Experimental Traumatology research unit is to perform research in experimental traumatology and military medicine and to maintain and develop strategic national and international medical research collaborations and networks.
Photo: Pete Linforth from PixabayOur group focuses on experimental Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). We utilise several models for mild and severe TBI to investigate pathogenesis and treatment. In addition, we investigate epidemiological aspects of TBI, with a special emphasis on the underlying genetics.
Photo: n/aThe Experimental Traumatology research unit investigates injuries from high order and low order explosives. We collaborate with the Swedish Defence Research Agency and focus on medical consequences. We investigate primary, secondary, and tertiary injuries, with capabilities to investigate each injury mechanism separately.
Photo: Andreas AnderssonThe increase in gun violence and Sweden's changing security situation has prompted researcher Mattias Günther and his team to reorient their research. In episode #140 of KI's podcast Medicinvetarna, he tells us how to reduce deaths from severe bleeding - and how best to protect yourself.
Photo: Wolfgang Hasselmann on UnsplashMattias Günther, an anaesthetist at Södersjukhuset and researcher at Karolinska Institutet, is interviewed in Radio Sweden P1's Kropp och Själ (Body and Soul) and explains, among other things, how to stop heavy or hard-to-reach bleeding using a balloon called REBOA.
We perform research in acute and chronic traumatic brain injury, trauma-related peripheral nerve regeneration, mechanical traumatic bleeding control and Pre-Hospital Advanced Airway Management (PHAAM).
We investigate Personal Armor Systems, Injury assessment for blast-related events and Biotechnology, Human Enhancement/Human Augmentation.
We cover acute and chronic aspects of military trauma, including blast injuries, ballistic injuries, and traffic accidents, and investigate aspects of psychological consequences of trauma.
Our current long-term research goals include (but are not limited to):
Fundamental knowledge to evaluate and develop clinical guidelines for surgical and anaesthesiologic skills forward, including:
The Armed Forces must order research and development work, as well as conduct their own studies and trials, for the focus and development of military defence.
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The research and development activities that the Armed Forces order must contribute to long-term capability development and strengthen the Armed Forces' ability to face future threats.
Research and development contribute to knowledge to be able to grasp strategic decisions, set appropriate requirements and provide the necessary equipment. The Armed Forces must strengthen research and development within defence areas and, to create conditions for future direction, continue to strive to maintain freedom of action.
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The Swedish Armed Forces have a long-standing tradition of advanced medical research. The unit for Experimental Traumatology was originally established by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).
In 2008, the unit was strategically transferred to Karolinska Institutet, by decision of Commander-in-Chief Håkan Syrén, to provide a platform for improved collaborations with national and international medical research institutes, and to further develop Swedish academic military medicine research.
The successful establishment of the unit at Karolinska Institutet enabled for continuous, competitive research in military medicine and traumatology.
Today, the unit maintains active research in many focus areas of military medicine and traumatology, which are continuously advanced in close collaboration with the Armed Forces.
In addition, the unit performs strategic external analyses in military medicine and traumatology and maintains close collaborations with national and international research networks and science and technology organizations, including the European Defence Agency.
The unit acts as an external advisor in traumatology for agencies including the Swedish Police authority and the Swedish Defence University.
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Biomedicum, B8
Solnavägen 9, SE-171 65 Solna
Tomtebodavägen 16, SE-171 65 Solna
