HLTH HAZ MIL MATERIEL
Abstract
This project supports the Medical and Survivability technology areas with a focus on providing Soldier protection from health hazards associated with materiel and operational environments. Emphasis is placed on identifying health hazards inherent to the engineering design and operational use of equipment, systems, and materiel used in Army combat operations and training. Areas of emphasis include battlefield lasers, ballistic and mechanical injury (e.g., models of protection by soft body armor), and health hazards of operations in extreme environments and toxic environments. Hazards addressed include blast overpressure generated by weapons systems, toxic chemical hazards associated with deployment into environments contaminated with industrial and agricultural chemicals (effort complements ongoing Defense Threat Reduction Agency initiatives for chemical/biological threat agent detection), directed energy sources (laser), and environmental stressors (heat, cold, and high altitude). Specific research tasks include characterizing the extent of exposure to potential hazards; delineating exposure thresholds for illness, injury, and performance degradation; establishing biomedical databases to support protection criteria; and developing and validating models for hazard assessment, injury prediction, and health and performance protection. In FY10, project 878 was consolidated into Project 869. The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Mater Plan. Work in this project is performed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, MD; the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), Natick, MA; the US Army Center for Environmental Health Research, Fort Detrick, MD; and the US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, AL.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 878_0602787A_2_2040_PB_2012
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