GDF Applied Biomedical Technology
Abstract
Guidance for Development of the Force - Applied Biomedical Technology: Applied biomedical technology research will focus on refining concepts and ideas into potential solutions to military problems and conducting analyses of alternatives to select the best potential solution for further advanced technology development. Applied research will be conducted in the general categories of trauma, polytrauma (multiple traumatic injuries) and blast injury, rehabilitation, diagnosis and treatment of brain injury, radiation countermeasures, operational health and performance, physiological health, and psychological health and well-being for military personnel and families. Trauma, polytrauma and blast injury applied research focuses on control of bleeding, tissue viability (survival potential of a tissue or organ), diagnosis and life support, cranio-maxillofacial (head, neck, face, and jaw) injury, evacuation applications and practices, forward surgical applications, blast injury models and performance standards for protection systems, blast induced brain injury models, diagnostics and metrics for hearing loss and protection, blast exposure and breaching (process used to force open closed and/or locked doors), scar contracture (tightening of muscle, tendons, ligaments or skin that prevents normal movement), treatment of ocular and visual system traumatic injury, wound infection prevention and management, rapid screening of fresh whole blood, and antimicrobial (a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms) countermeasures. Applied research in traumatic brain injury (TBI) focuses on diagnosis and treatment, disentanglement of combat stress injuries, and TBI in evaluations and clinical management. Operational medicine applied researchers also focus on injury prevention strategies for training and operational environments, sustainment of operational performance, early assessment and interventions to support Service member psychological and cognitive health, nutrition and dietary supplements, military, family and community psychological health and resilience, biomarkers of inhalation and other exposure to toxic substances, and military operational computational modeling. Applied research in radiation countermeasures includes activities to demonstrate capabilities to treat and mitigate the effects of acute radiation syndrome following radiation exposure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 372A_0602115HP_2_0130_PB_2016
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