Communications are critical to bridging the gap between life and death at point of trauma. This issue of Combat & Casualty Care sheds light on the need for timely data sharing across the care continuum. Q1 2019 C & CC gives readers a look at U.S. Defense Health Agency global integration of DoD health services from operational trauma care to health management.
Exclusive Interviews With:
RADM Colin Chinn, Joint Staff Surgeon/Medical Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on global integration of health services across the DoD
BG George (Ned) Appenzeller, Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center on facilitating DHA-overseen health network integration
CSM Thomas R. Oates, Command Sergeant Major, Brooke Army Medical Center on multidisciplinary readiness in trauma care
Features include:
- Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) and Health Assessment Lite Operations (HALO) to bridges comms gap with electronically documented critical health information
- Joint Project Manager for Medical Modeling and Simulation, PEO STRI, on total lifecycle sustainment of medical acquisition across the Military Health System
- Army Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast (MEDHUB), DoD’s newest medical communication device
- Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to develop vaccines for treating rodent-borne infections in humans
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and advanced clinical trials for protecting brain cell energy for increased positive outcomes
- Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) and advances in mobile combat litter for greater efficiency in austere MEDEVAC
