“There’s important medical information in those records that can either help a soldier when they get out of the Army for VA benefits, or …

can help their recovery when they get back," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matt Sims, a combat medic wounded three times in the past 12 months, spoke from experience about battlefield-care advances that are saving lives in a DoD Bloggers Roundtable, Aug. 20. Sims added that the Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) system allows soldiers’ medical records to be accessed on any computer at any time.

Joining us on the call were Andrew Lubin, www.getthegouge.com, Bryan with A Major's Perspective, and Grim, www.blackfive.net.