Trauma

The portfolio managers oversee this key are of trauma projects targeted on cutting edge advancement of the acute care of injured warfighters.  The portfolio focuses on development of trauma care across roles including field, en-route, far-forward surgical and fixed hospital care. Current basic and applied research projects include trauma device development (such as advanced combat casualty care sensors), resuscitation products (such as therapeutic agents to stop bleeding and limit tissue damage), telemedicine, and robotics. The portfolio includes training and simulation specific to first responders, physicians, nurses, and allied health providers.

The Trauma portfolio helps manage research and fill gaps identified by the US Army Institute of Surgical Research and Combat Casualty Care Research Area Directorate. In addition, significant synergy exists between Trauma and other TATRC portfolios such as Simulation & Training, Biomonitoring, Robotics, and Regenerative Medicine. In the next year, the Trauma portfolio will continue to address key gaps in acute trauma care that include:

• Advancing first responder care
• Improving techniques for open wound care
• Developing additional blood products and storage methods
• Enhancing the effectiveness of deployable surgical technologies such as portable sensors and reach-back systems for physicians operating in austere environments