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Supporters and members are instrumental in the Physicians Committee’s successful efforts to promote the health benefits of a plant-based diet and replace animal use in research, testing, and education.
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Medical Education and Training
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Currently, 99 percent of surveyed ATLS programs in the United States and Canada use only human-relevant training methods. Urge these programs to end animal use by making the switch to simulation:
North Dakota State University/Sanford Health
Combat Trauma Training
In U.S. military training courses, goats and pigs are shot, stabbed, and dismembered to train medical personnel. Please ask your representative and senators to co-sponsor H.R. 1243 and S. 498—the BEST Practices Act.
Emergency Medicine
Today, 95 percent of surveyed emergency medicine residency programs in the United States and Canada use only human-relevant training methods. Urge these programs to end animal use by making the switch to simulation:
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
Rhode Island: Support Bill H 5267
University of Missouri Columbia
Paramedic Training
The University of Washington in Seattle is the only paramedic program in the northwest region of the United States known to use live animals to teach emergency procedures instead of implementing modern training methods. Urge UW to switch to simulation.
Medical Experiments
California: Support Bill to Shed Light on Animals in Labs
The California Transparency in Research Act AB 889 would require reporting of animal numbers, general categories of how animals are used, what level of pain and distress the animals experienced, and establish a publicly accessible online database for the reported information.
Wayne State University: Stop Heart Failure Experiments on Dogs
After more than 25 years, the experiments on dogs at Wayne State University have contributed nothing to treatments for patients suffering from heart failure or hypertension.
Good Nutrition Policy
Ask the California Assembly to Bring Plant-Based Options to Schools
You have the chance to help bring healthy, plant-based food to California schools!
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