Evaluation of Wireless Vital Signs Monitor in Trauma Patients

Abstract

A Wireless Vital Signs Monitor (WVSM) has been developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR). This monitor incorporates several sensors from different manufacturers that can be implemented far out to the point of injury and adds complete trend analysis over four hours. Multicenter trials have been completed and the instrument is FDA approved. This WVSM is too bulky for field operations by US Special Forces (SOCOM), but functional prototypes of an alternative miniature wireless monitoring device with improved trend analysis even further out to the point of injury have now been delivered (SOCOM-Mini-medicTM). There have been no field tests to date. The primary objective of this project is to perform the first field tests of the SOCOM Mini-medic. The main focus is to validate the mini-Medic for combat casualty care (including, but not limited to, brain injury) in prehospital and hospitalized patients. Lessons learned from our previous and ongoing trials in trauma patients with and without brain injury will be applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA600345

Entities

People

  • Kenneth G. Proctor

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood Transfusions
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Health Services
  • Heart Rate
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Monitoring
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Vital Signs
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine