UM SOM: National Study Center for Trauma (NSC)

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Informatics & Technology

Vital Signs Data in Trauma Patients

The Vital Signs Data in Trauma Patients study is sponsored by the US Department of Defense. The goal is to collect vital signs data in trauma patients transported from the scene of their injury through their resuscitation at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. The objectives are to determine trauma patient outcomes and identify therapeutic interventions between the field encounter and completion of resuscitation. This work may result in decision aids for military and civilian pre-hospital providers to improve the quality of pre-hospital care, identify emergency surgery needs before hospital arrival and increase survivability of the seriously injured.

AAIMS - Airport, Academia, Industry, Military and State

AAIMS is a consortium of emergency responders and researchers dedicated to improving communication during mass casualty or other severe emergency situations. The consortium includes:

• University of Maryland, Baltimore

• MIEMSS

• MEMA

• Maryland State Police

• Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

• Northrup Grumman

• US Army

• US Air Force

• MD National Guard

The NSC is leading the AAIMS collaborative effort, funded by the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). It intends to conduct tabletop and functional exercises that will evaluate performance of civilian and military communications in deployment of the Forward Deployable Digital Medical Treatment Facility (FDDMTF) as a triage and communication resource.

Human Factors

The Human Factors & Technology (HF&T) Group of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine works with the NSC on several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. These projects investigate potential uses of several types of telecommunication technologies in field and transport care.