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The lateral canthotomy and cantholysis (LCC) procedure is required for pre-deployment training at the US Army Center for Pre-Hospital training at Fort Sam Houston as mandated in executive order HQDA 096-09. This order cannot be fully executed, however, since a realistic, hands-on LCC skill development module does not exist prior to animal training. Although the technique is potentially vision-savi ...

TDA Research, Inc., a leading developer of specialty sorbents, will design and test sorbents for incorporation into passive dosimeter badges designed by a major dosimeter manufacturing company. For the past 15 years, wearable passive major dosimeter badges provided by our partner. have been used by crews of U.S. submarines to monitor exposure to chemical hazards, including many of concern in the s ...

The DOD is investing in mobile computing, information and warrior health systems to support network-centric military capabilities. Computerized health records, telemedicine, wearable monitoring, mHealth have the potential to reduce costs, promote health, ensure soldier fitness. The goal of this project is to design, develop, demonstrate, deploy a Warfighter Health Avatar (WHA), a simulation framew ...

Predictive medicine has considerable potential to improve clinical outcomes during the crucial minutes and hours immediately following combat trauma. There is a requirement for an avatar solution that serves a multitude of functions for predictive medicine in the battlefield and beyond, including digital health data warehousing and prediction of immediate and long-term outcomes associated with var ...

For this Phase I SBIR proposal, Vcom3D proposes to design an Advanced Female Trauma Training System that features the accurate representation of anatomical and physiological differences of the women in our nations armed forces, and of the types of injuries that they are most likely to sustain in combat. The training system will include a ruggedized medical manikin and a wireless tablet controller ...

The objective of this Phase I proposal is to develop, design, and prototype a computer-based, Automated Vision Tester (AVT) for comprehensive vision screening of military aircrew. A fully realized AVT would combine a variety of clinical screening tests into a unified, automated tabletop unit capable of conducting screenings at both near (14 in./35 cm) and far (20 ft/6 m) distances. The ideal test ...

VitaMe Technologies Inc. and Cornell University will develop the FePhone - a point-of-care diagnostic system for iron status determination.The FePhone comprises of (1) a test cartridgewhich accepts the blood sample and performs the test, (2) a TidBit readera custom portable hardware system developed by Cornell which operates the test, and (3) a mobile appwhich provides step-by-step instructions fo ...

Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies in the United States. Left untreated, iron stores continue to deplete, resulting in iron deficiency anemia. Women undergoing basic military training are particularly susceptible to reduced iron stores. To date, there are no comprehensive point-of-care instruments for accurate determination of iron status. We propose to develop a no ...

Currently, deployed medics are required to transport, maintain and be resupplied with liquid-based medications and materials that are heavy, expensive to transport, perishable and may require refrigeration.Many medications and materials are or will be available in dehydrated formularies that require sterile water for injection (SWFI) to rehydrate for immediate use, such as freeze-dried platelets.I ...

A recent study of battlefield casualties found that over 90% of potentially survivable mortality cases were associated with hemorrhage. It is critical to maintain fluids and prevent hemorrhagic shock as soon as possible after the injury. However, medics must plan for and carry these bulky solutions to the point of injury, and additional casualties could exhaust limited available supplies. Mainstre ...