Quantified Design Solutions, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A17-101

Description

Many injuries in the battlefield are being treated by non-medical personnel(e.g. 42% of tourniquet applications are applied by non-medical personnel). Unfortunately, most non-medical personnel are not provided with opportunities to practice medical skills in a high stress environment prior to completing them during live missions. This lack of practice of critical skills is related to a need to focus training on the Warfighters primary MOS when completing integrated training and the high cost of practicing with medical mannequins. To meet this training gap and provide a low-cost and flexible training tool that allows all Warfighters to practice first response medical skills during high stress force-on-force training exercises, the Network Enabled Medical Training (NetEMT) Toolkit will be designed and developed. The proposed platform will evaluate trainee performance and provide essential cues using simulated medical equipment instead of mannequins. The NetEMT Toolkit will be designed the integrate with the Armys Live Training Engagement Composition (LTEC) to allow for the flow of force-on-force exercises to continue through medical first response. The design of the proposed system will be driven by a task analysis, cue fidelity evaluation, and training needs analysis.