CBT CASUALTY CARE TECH
Abstract
This project funds the development and assessment of concepts, techniques, and materiel that improve survivability and ensure better medical treatment outcomes for Warfighters wounded in combat and other military operations. Combat casualty care research addresses: control of severe bleeding, revival and stabilization, prognostics and diagnostics for life support systems (predictive indicators and decision aids), treatment of burns, and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Clinical and rehabilitative medicine research addresses: tissue repair including transplant technologies, orthopedic, eye injuries and face trauma. Research involves extensive collaboration with multiple academic institutions to develop treatments for combat wounds through the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. This project contains no duplication of effort within the Military Departments or other government organizations. Research conducted in this project focuses on the following five areas: (1) Damage Control Resuscitation (2) Combat Trauma Therapies (3) Combat Critical Care Engineering (4) Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine (5) Traumatic Brain Injury All drugs, biological products, and medical devices, are developed in accordance with US Food and Drug Administration regulations, which governs testing in animals to assess safety, toxicity, and effectiveness prior to conducting human subject clinical trials. Promising efforts identified in this project are further matured under PE 0603002A, project 840. The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work on this project is performed by the US Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), the US Army Dental Trauma Research Detachment, Fort Sam Houston, TX; the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, MD; and the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM), Fort Detrick, MD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 874_0602787A_2_2040_PB_2012
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