Impact of Forward Resuscitative Surgery to the War Fighter in Distributed Operations Deployment

Abstract

OVERVIEW: Problem * Ensure effective medical care to the war fighter in a Distributed Operations Deployment. * Objective * Make an assessment of a Marine Expeditionary Unit in a complex and distributed environment both with and without a Forward Resuscitative Surgical System (FRSS), then conduct a comparative analysis in terms of patient outcomes and resource utilization. Approach * Use Tactical Medical Logistics Planning Tool (TML+) * Use Sea Viking's DO CONOPS using a MEU and a FRSS * Define cases, metrics, and assumptions * Iterative Process Develop Cases for 1x casualty stream * Run Cases in TML+ Analyze Results Revise as necessary * Repeat above with 2x, 3x, & casualty streams until reach breaking point. Results * Analysis showed a direct relationship between the time a casualty reaches a facility for first surgery and the number of casualties who die of their wounds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA488430

Entities

People

  • Paula Konoske
  • Sherry P. Adlich

Organizations

  • Teledyne Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Casualties
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Deployment
  • East Africa
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Soft Tissues
  • Transport Ships
  • Transportation
  • Travel Time
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine