EXPEDITIONARY MEDICAL RESEARCH

BACKGROUND

Injuries and illnesses sustained in theater threaten the health and readiness of individual warfighters and military units, reducing combat effectiveness. Our Expeditionary Medical Research team studies mechanisms of injury, causes of illness, casualty care and treatment from point of injury through definitive care, and recovery and rehabilitation, to identify factors and best practices that improve health outcomes and operational readiness for our warfighters.

VALUE

Our Expeditionary Medical Research analysts and clinicians leverage big data to support the immediate survivability and enhance the long-term health and mission-readiness of warfighters.

GOALS

Identify injury trends and risk factors to mitigate battlefield injuries and enhance combat effectiveness
Increase understanding of the association between injury type and severity, and the impact on long-term physical and mental health and quality of life outcomes
Inform clinical decision-making by providing data-driven recommendations
Identify best practices for medical care and treatment throughout the continuum of care, from battlefield point of injury through recovery and rehabilitation, that lead to optimal patient outcomes
Maintain a comprehensive dataset of deployment-related injuries

CAPABILITIES

Collect and scrub data from numerous medical, operational, and tactical datasets and integrate into the Expeditionary Medical Encounter Database (EMED), a comprehensive repository developed by our scientists
Leverage EMED to capture all factors that impact survivability and optimal health outcomes
Identify and track in-theater casualty streams from point of injury through definitive and rehabilitative care through analysis of EMED data

RESEARCH

Investigation of extremity trauma to maximize health and quality of life outcomes conducted in collaboration with the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE)
Study of blast-related outcomes in the auditory system to mitigate injury and improve outcomes by using EMED to develop the Blast-Related Auditory Injury Database (BRAID)
Wounded Warrior Recovery Project (WWRP), a longitudinal quality of life study of wounded warriors to improve care and health outcomes

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