Development of a Deployment Injury Surveillance System Using Medical Air Evacuation Data
Abstract
In May 2005, the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine was tasked by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health to develop an injury surveillance system for deployed Army Soldiers. A primary objective was to develop a system capable of identifying types and potentially preventable causes of injuries requiring medical air evacuation. The primary data source for air evacuated injured Soldiers was the U.S. Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System (TRAC2ES) which included standardized diagnosis codes and a free-text patient history from which details for injury causes could be obtained. TRAC2ES data were linked to data from the Defense Casualty Reporting System (DCIPS) and the Army Safety Management Information System (ASMIS) to obtain additional details for the injury causes and circumstances. Since information on injury causes was in free-text fields, coders reviewed each air evacuation case and applied a standardized coding scheme (STANAG) to classify causes of injury. The final enhanced air evacuation data system included 1) linked data from TRAC2ES, DCIPS and ASMIS and 2) coded causes and types of injuries. This system provided high quality, analysis-ready data and is well suited for deployment injury surveillance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 05, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA474881
Entities
People
- B. H. Jones
- J. Hadley
- K. G. Hauret
- N. Clemmons
Organizations
- United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine