Combat Injury Mgmt

Abstract

This Project matures, demonstrates, and validates promising medical technologies and new clinical practices for control of severe bleeding, treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI), resuscitation and stabilization of trauma patients, acute treatment of extremity (arms and legs) and facial injuries, treatment of severe burn wounds, treatment of single and multiple organ failures due to trauma, and predictive indicators and decision aids for life support systems. Post-evacuation medical research focuses on continued care and rehabilitative medicine for extremity, facial/maxillary (jaw bone), and ocular (eye) trauma and leveraging recent innovations in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering techniques. Research conducted in this project focuses on the following five areas: (1)Damage Control Resuscitation (2)Combat Trauma Therapies (3)Traumatic Brain Injury (4)Combat Critical Care Engineering (5)Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine (moves to Project ET5 in FY17) All research is conducted in compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for licensure of medical products for human use. Promising efforts identified through applied research conducted under Program Element (PE) 0602787A, Project 874, are further matured under this Project. Promising results identified under this Project (840) are further matured under PE 0603807A, Project 836. The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering Science and Technology, focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States (U.S.) Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), Joint Base San Antonio, TX; the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, MD; and the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM), at Multiple Institutions across the U.S.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
840_0603002A_3_2040_PB_2018

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Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.

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