Tackling The Challenge Of Mass Casualty Triage With Technology

To address the challenges of mass casualty triage, organizations like DARPA are applying technology to assist emergency responders in locating critically injured survivors, assessing their injuries, and determining who to transport first. Battelle's solution for primary triage uses air- and ground-based autonomous vehicles equipped with sensors to locate and assess casualties, including those with massive hemorrhage, mobility issues, respiratory distress, circulatory problems, and hypothermia. For secondary triage, Battelle is developing an algorithm that uses data fusion to predict which patients need life-saving interventions and when. This algorithm incorporates a wide range of information from electronic health records (EHRs), real-time sensors, demographics, known injuries, preliminary tests, and vital signs. Learn how cutting-edge technology is being leveraged to keep first responders out of harm’s way, collect data beyond human capacity, rapidly distill vast amounts of information, reduce cognitive load, and assist on-site clinicians in making timely and informed decisions in complex and stressful situations.