The Dynamics of Casualty Rate Estimation, Medical Resource Allocation, and Disease and Injury Surveillance,

Abstract

Medical resource planning is an integral component of any combat operation. Determination of the needed medical personnel and supplies requires projections of the anticipated disease incidence and battle casualties. Rates of casualties and disease are then input to algorithms that calculate the required supplies and personnel for an operation. The Naval Health Research Center has computed disease and casualty rates for a number of operational scenarios and provided these rates to medical planners. Medical surveillance during an operation such as Desert Shield/Desert Storm is essential to both on-line requirements programming and resource projections for future scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240781

Entities

People

  • C. G. Blood
  • W. M. Pugh

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Combat Operations
  • Computer Programming
  • Health Services
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Patient Care
  • Second World War
  • Therapy
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies