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INCREASING THE RESOLUTION OF SIMULATED COMBAT TRAUMA INJURIES IN A …

Deployable medical systems (DEPMEDS) patient conditions (PCs) and Military Combat
Injury Scale (MCIS) are 2 important military medical coding systems. However, both of them …

To address known limitations, shortfalls, and lack of a comprehensive standardized casualty
assessment methodology, across the military services as well as within services, a new …

Introduction Physical profiling is critical to the individual medical readiness of all military
service members. This classification system provides detailed information about an …

Abstract Introduction The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) methodology is used in
both the UK and US Military trauma registries. The method relies on dividing casualties …

BACKGROUND The current civilian Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), designed for automobile
crash injuries, yields important information about civilian injuries. It has been recognized for …

Background Accurate assessment and classification for the severity of injuries is a
prerequisite and foundation for implementing timely and scientific treatment. Objective To …

The TAIHOD is a large database linking multiple sources of administrative data and health
records for all Army Soldiers who have been on active duty since 1971 (over 5 million …

Injury Severity Scoring is a process by which complex and variable patient data is reduced
to a single number. This value is intended to accurately represent the patient's degree of …

Background The US military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan had the most casualties since
Vietnam with more than 53,000 wounded in action. Novel injury mechanisms, such as …