TacMed Solutions: MATTi: Modular Medical Casualty Care: Female

The TacMed Solutions MATTi (Modular Medical Casualty Care – Female) manikin represents a transformative leap in trauma and critical care simulation. Designed specifically to meet the demands of high-intensity, realistic training, MATTi is the first modular, whole-body female simulator engineered to replicate the complexities of casualty care across all phases of the continuum—from point-of-injury to advanced life support.

MATTi was created with a singular goal: to provide comprehensive, realistic training opportunities using a female patient model—an area historically underrepresented in trauma simulation. Recognizing the importance of gender-specific anatomy and injury presentation in emergency medical training, TacMed Simulation, a division of TacMed Solutions, developed MATTi with anatomically accurate female features, ensuring that learners can practice effective assessment and treatment skills applicable to all patient demographics.

Modular and Realistic Design

What truly sets MATTi apart is the tactical medicine simulator’s fully modular construction. With interchangeable wounded limb configurations, instructors can instantly switch between various trauma scenarios, ranging from gunshot wounds and blast injuries to compound fractures and soft tissue damage. Each configuration is embedded with smart technology that automatically detects the type and location of the wound when attached. This seamless system allows instructors to tailor scenarios in real time, keeping training dynamic and adaptable to multiple learning objectives.

MATTi is built for rugged, high-impact environments. Whether training in a controlled simulation lab or in a remote, austere field setting, MATTi is designed to withstand the rigors of realistic training. Learners can perform full casualty evacuation drills, including dragging the simulator by a single limb, without damaging the unit. The durable construction means MATTi is weather-resistant and capable of operating in various environmental conditions—from extreme heat to heavy rain—ensuring uninterrupted training regardless of location.

Lifesaving Interventions Aligned with the MARCH Algorithm

MATTi is structured around the MARCH algorithm, the gold standard for tactical field care:

• Massive Hemorrhage: Learners can treat both compressible and non-compressible hemorrhages using tourniquets, hemostatic agents, and wound packing. Bleeding control is linked to real-time feedback through internal sensors.
• Airway: The simulator allows for airway adjunct insertion, manual maneuvers, and surgical airway techniques, including cricothyroidotomy, providing essential practice in lifesaving airway management.
• Respirations: Users can perform needle decompression and chest tube insertion to manage tension pneumothorax and chest trauma, simulating realistic thoracic emergencies.
• Circulation: MATTi supports intravenous (IV) and intraosseous (I/O) access for fluid resuscitation and medication delivery, allowing learners to practice under time-sensitive, high-pressure conditions.
• Head Injury/Hypothermia: MATTi includes the ability to simulate signs and symptoms related to traumatic brain injury and the complications of hypothermia during prolonged field care.

Integrated Technology for Real-Time Feedback

MATTi is not just a physical manikin—but instead an advanced data-driven system. Embedded throughout the simulator are internal sensors that monitor learner actions and capture vital performance metrics in real time. All of this data is accessible via the Remote Control tablet, which allows instructors to monitor vital signs, adjust injury severity, and track learner performance with precision.

This real-time feedback system ensures immediate reinforcement of proper technique or correction of errors, leading to more effective training outcomes. Instructors can create and customize scenarios, modify vitals based on interventions, and evaluate each student’s performance across a spectrum of trauma care competencies.

Designed for the Full Continuum of Care

MATTi is more than a point-of-injury simulator. The TCCC simulator supports comprehensive training across the entire continuum of care, from initial battlefield treatment to en route stabilization and hospital-level interventions. The female trauma training simulator’s modularity and rugged build make the device ideal for multi-location simulations where patient handoff and continuity of care are central to the training objective.

A Commitment to Realistic Female Representation 

Importantly, MATTi is engineered with gender-specific features, reflecting the anatomical and physiological realities of female patients. This is a critical and often overlooked aspect of medical training. By introducing a realistic female model into trauma simulations, MATTi ensures that learners are better prepared to deliver competent care to all patients, regardless of gender.

Improve Female Trauma Training Outcomes

MATTi by TacMed Solutions is the most advanced, modular, and durable female trauma simulator available today. The female emergency medicine simulator offers unmatched versatility, realism, and training fidelity for any environment—military or civilian. With interchangeable wound modules, integrated technology, real-time performance feedback, and full compatibility with the MARCH algorithm, MATTi prepares medical personnel for the complex realities of emergency care. Most importantly, the female trauma simulator ensures that female patients are no longer underrepresented in training, helping build a more equitable and effective medical response system.