Military Medical Decision Support for Homeland Defense During Emergency
Abstract
This report describes the application of cognitive engineering methods to the design and analysis of a decision support system for training of command and control (C2) functions in emergency response organizations. The model is based on the principles of collaborative team planning and decision making that share a common interface designed to train cognitive tasks such as planning, information management, and synchronized task schedules. We demonstrate the application by designing and evaluating the Medical Emergency Response using Military Assets in an Integrated Decision Support (MERMAIDS) developed for training of emergency response teams using heterogeneous resources under a unified command and control. The MERMAIDS has been designed to contain a decision-centric interface, which is not only useful for emergency information management, but has decision models to support response planning during emergency conditions. An expert heuristic evaluation of the MERMAIDS is encouraging. The expert emergency C2 operators reacted favorably to the system, especially its application in planning emergency response under resource constraints.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA441168
Entities
People
- Amy S. Turner
- Celestine A. Ntuen
Organizations
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University