Deployable Casualty Data Collection.
Abstract
This report details a series of Casualty Data Access Research Projects (CDARP) that were funded by the U.S. Medical Research and Development Command and undertaken at the Casualty Care Research Center, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The purpose of the CDARP was to expand the access to existing and potential casualty data. The CDARP had three distinct aims, namely: 1. To identify and assess the availability of casualty databases from militarily relevant multi-casualty events. 2. To develop a plan for rapidly deployable data collection teams to capture perishable information concerning injury and death from militarily relevant multi-casualty events, utilizing standardized methodology and data sets. 3. To develop a specialized injury severity scoring system which would be applicable to military penetrating trauma as well as other military and non-military injuries. Planning and preparation of multiple casualty events, both military actions and national disasters, is primarily based upon past experience. Unfortunately, actual data from military conflicts and similar civilian situations are rare, often incomplete, and apply only to large groups or units which combine a variety of environments and risk factors. Additionally, the growing importance of low-intensity conflict has resulted in detailed planning requirements at lower unit levels. When unit and environment-specific data are available and made accessible, they can validate planned approaches and address issues at the engagement level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA365496
Entities
People
- John Hagmann
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences