INTRODUCTION: Medical readiness continues to be a significant concern for the military. DoD policy directs medical authorities to refer service members to the Disability Evaluation System (DES) when the course of further recovery is relatively predic...
INTRODUCTION: Foot and ankle fractures are the most common military health problem. Automated diagnosis can save time and personnel. It is crucial to distinguish fractures not only from normal healthy cases, but also robust against the presence of ot...
INTRODUCTION: Between 5% and 20% of all combat-related casualties are attributed to burn wounds. A decrease in the mortality rate of burns by about 36% can be achieved with early treatment, but this is contingent upon accurate characterization of the...
INTRODUCTION: Increased complexity in robotic-assisted surgical system interfaces introduces problems with human-robot collaboration that result in excessive mental workload (MWL), adversely impacting a surgeon's task performance and increasing error...
INTRODUCTION: Remote military operations require rapid response times for effective relief and critical care. Yet, the military theater is under austere conditions, so communication links are unreliable and subject to physical and virtual attacks and...
Total Force Fitness (TFF) metrics inform leaders at every level as they develop and evaluate policies, practices, and programs that enable soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines, guardians, and operators to achieve human performance optimization in all e...
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to test in real time a Trauma Triage, Treatment, and Training Decision Support (4TDS) machine learning (ML) model of shock detection in a prospective silent trial, and to evaluate specificity, sensitivity...
INTRODUCTION: Short response time is critical for future military medical operations in austere settings or remote areas. Such effective patient care at the point of injury can greatly benefit from the integration of semi-autonomous robotic systems. ...
INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Space Force was stood up on December 20, 2019 as an independent branch under the Air Force consisting of about 16,000 active duty and civilian personnel focused singularly on space. In addition to the Space Force, the plans by ...
INTRODUCTION: The emergence of more complex Prolonged Field Care in austere settings and the need to assist inexperienced providers' ability to treat patients create an urgent need for effective tools to support care. We report on a project to develo...