Projecting Medical Supply Requirements for a Highly Mobile Forward Resuscitative Surgery System
Abstract
For every casualty that dies of wounds in a hospital, nine have died prior to arriving. The challenge to medical planners becomes the placement of highly mobile, resuscitative surgery units as close to the point of injury as possible. The primary objective of this study was to determine the medical supply requirements for a highly mobile forward resuscitative surgical system (FRSS). To achieve the required level of mobility, FRSS procedures were limited to those that could be conducted in an abbreviated, staged manner. Projecting materiel requirements involved four primary steps. First, the patient population was determined. Next, treatment profiles detailing the step-by-step process of providing a resuscitative intervention for each patient were developed. From the profiles, individual clinical tasks were derived. Once the individual clinical tasks had been identified, the materiel required to conduct them was assigned. Each data element was then organized into a model that described the patient work load and treatment process for an FRSS. Finally, a hypothetical patient stream, using the probability of each patient occurring was created to project the medical supply requirements for an 18 patient FRSS capability. Results of the study showed 59 patient types as FRSS candidates and that 74 primary clinical procedures would be performed on them within the three functional areas of triage, operating room, and post-op. Furthermore, 277 medical items, weighing 1375.0 pounds would be required to support the projected patient workload. The methodology used in the current study was designed to support the examination of multiple facets of the Marine Corps field medicine.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA375001
Entities
People
- Gerald Pang
- Michael R. Galarneau
- Paula J. Konoske
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center