CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: Junctional and inguinal bleeding from battlefield injuries is a significant and challengin

Description

Junctional and inguinal bleeding from battlefield injuries is a significant and challenging problem. Inventors have developed new types of tourniquets, including the Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet (AAT) and the Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC) to address these abdominal and pelvic injuries. While these hemorrhage control technologies have been developed, validated, and approved for use, training systems that teach and refresh skills related to these technologies have not yet been developed. These training systems are vital because these skills can be difficult to train and are infrequently used. To address these needs, we are developing Tourniquet Master Training (TMT), a scenario-based training system featuring (1) a reconfigurable sensor system linked to a software-based virtual mentor that provides objective assessment during training, and (2) a mobile mentor that provides refresher training. TMT is a sensor-based system usable with any manikin, and because of this flexibility, TMT is an affordable training system that is configurable for future advances, including new application areas for both existing and future devices.