An Advanced Ultrasound System for Military Health Research
Abstract
This proposal is relevant to the Office of Naval Research Department 34-342: Warfighter Protection and Applications Division (PM: Michael Given).The intent of this proposal is to purchase an ultrasound system needed to perform trauma resuscitation and hemostasis research at the University of Washington to support military-related projects. The ultrasound system willbe used to pursue two exciting new lines of trauma resuscitation research: 1) detailed analysis of hematoma formation during resuscitation and 2) transesophageal echocardiography after traumatic brain injury. The University of Washington EmergencyMedicine Research Laboratory does not currently have an ultrasound system available for or capable of performing theseresearch functions.In the short term, the system would allow our research group to broaden the impact of an ongoing study with strong military relevance. The study is funded by the Department of Defense and is evaluating a novel fluid cocktail for field resuscitation of polytrauma with brain injury and hemorrhagic shock using a swine model (W81XWH-14-1-0020, PI: White). In the long term,this ultrasound will support multi-disciplinary translational trauma research with strong relevance to the military. The ultrasound will also support current research training programs focusing on trauma andresuscitation and allow for their expansion. In summary, the requested ultrasound system will be used to advance two entirely new lines of promising trauma resuscitation research and the future questions they will raise and will support current research training and education programs in this field, as well as their future growth.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612708
Entities
People
- Nathan J White
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Washington