UAVs and Patient Movement

Abstract

Timeliness of care on the battlefield is often times the difference between life and death. The time it takes evacuation personnel to transport wounded to higher levels of care has evolved significantly the past 200 years. This paper takes an in depth look at the evolution of patient movement and the utilization of advanced technologies from to ultimately decrease the time to care. Future operating environments have the potential to limit the traditional patient movement systems that have proven to be successful during recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031569

Entities

People

  • Brian R Blanchard

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine