Design for a Combat Casualty Care Medical Information System (CCC/MIS)

Abstract

Information obtained from a rigorous systems analysis of current field medical treatment procedures was used to produce the functional design for a prototype casualty care medical information system. The design objectives were to: 1) reduce time spent on administrative functions; 2)eliminate the loss of important patient data, and 3)generally improve patient care and medical resource management. After field testing various proposed automated features to determine their survivability and functionality, a preliminary working prototype was assembled and successfully demonstrated for the Marine Corps. The layout and operational design for implementing a full-scale system was presented. Keywords: Military medicine, Combat casualty care, Automated data collection, Field medical treatment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190231

Entities

People

  • Walter W. Wilcox
  • William M. Pugh

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Bar Codes
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Frequency
  • Identification
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Radio Frequency
  • Resource Management
  • Survivability
  • Systems Analysis
  • Warfare

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Software Engineering
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.