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Development of Augmented Reality (AR) training tools for combat casualty care with realistic animations and voice navigation capability on tablets and AR headset is proposed to enhance the tools that have already been developed during the Phase II effort on fasciotomy, cricothyroidotomy, and lateral canthotomy. Such enhancements are made possible by the recent advancement in both hardware and soft ...

Sterilization of medical and surgical tools is a critical step in minimizing the risk of infection to combat casualties during far-forward medical interventions. However, there are significant challenges to providing sterile equipment in austere environments where power is limited and ability to transport equipment and deliver supplies is constrained. The complexity of modern surgical tools, such ...

Hostile combat environments with high casualty rates leave forward medical providers isolated and over-tasked with limited capacity for resupply. To address these limitations, innovative medical technologies that provide continuous assessment of the physiological status of injured military servicemen are in high demand. Specifically, the ability for real-time, vital sign monitoring and reporting s ...

It is well established that difficulty and multiple attempts at endotracheal intubation (ETI) during emergency circumstances result in up to a 4-fold increase in complications, including cardiac arrest. In the tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) environment, ETI encompasses the majority of combat prehospital airway securement. Unfortunately, ETI is one of the most common incorrectly performed lif ...

Airway compromise continues to account for approximately 1 in 10 preventable battlefield deaths. Combat medics often provide care in no or low-light conditions, surrounded by the chaos of combat, and with the limited dexterity that accompanies bulky body armor, gloves, and heavy equipment. Far-forward medical care is also limited by available resources, which are often only what a combat medic can ...

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The CBC Analyzer Phase II Enhancement effort will be to optimize, test, and package the prototype. The advancement of the microfluidic cartridge performance will incorporate cell separation techniques within the current microfluidic cartridge design. This will be based on Lynntech’s preliminary work with blood separation, where a novel blood component separator was developed which uses a centerl ...

Sepsis is the greatest danger after hemorrhage in both civilian and combat-related injuries with mortality rates ranging between 19.5 - 23%. Early intervention with appropriate antibiotics, hemodynamic optimization, and supportive care are particularly vital in preventing trauma related sepsis. Treatments to prevent trauma sepsis may be confounded by the uncontrolled bleeding which often attends s ...

Shigella infection is one of most common medical problems for deployed military personnel. Shigella infection causes acute diarrheal as well as chronic functional bowel disorders and reactive arthritis, and the infection keeps our service members out of fight, threatening unit readiness. Therefore, the need of prevention of Shigella infection has become a high priority for US Service Members. Both ...

DNA encoded monoclonal antibodies (dmAbs) have been shown to be an effective treatment against a range of infectious diseases including Ebola, Zika, and HIV.  However, delivering plasmid DNA into cells and tissues safely and effectively is a challenge that has so far prevented widespread adoption of dmAbs as a therapeutic.  In Phase I of this project, Molecular Rebar Design (MRD) introduced a so ...