Burn Provider Education Prototype Development

Purpose

This solicitation, issued by MTEC, represents a Request for Project Proposals (RPP) for MTEC support of the DoD U.S. Army Medical Research & Development Command (USAMRDC) Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP). Proposals selected for award as a result of this RPP will be awarded under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 2371b. Strategic oversight for the award(s) supported by this RPP will be provided by the CCCRP.

This RPP is focused on the development and validation of an enhanced training curriculum in burn care utilizing military and civilian burn care clinician-educators to improve patient outcomes in current and future battlefields. The enhanced training curriculum will be designed for military burn care providers in the pre-deployment setting to ensure readiness in a deployed setting. This includes the development of simulation-based training tools that will improve training quality and skills retention while also reflecting operational realities for military and civilian healthcare providers delivering burn care. The curriculum should also be adapted for civilian first responders who may be called upon in the event of a domestic mass-casualty scenario.

Scope of Work

The objective of this project is to develop a scalable curriculum prototype that includes the following three components:

1. Prehospital Burn Simulator: Biomimetic, skills-based simulator to train and assess competency at the 3D’s (decontamination, debridement, and dressings).
2. Prehospital Burn Escharotomy Simulator: biomimetic, skills-based simulator to train and assess competency at burn eschar assessment and escharotomy.
3. Artificial Immersive Medical Education: Asynchronous, online, scenario-based AI waypoint tracking to assess, inform, and quantitatively measure clinical decisions by practitioners.

The study design must include a prospective, controlled study with Role 2 and above military healthcare providers and civilian paramedics. The study design must compare the new prototype curriculum to current military and civilian burn training platforms. Study outcomes must focus on retention, standardization, and sustainment, including the assessment for skills-based points of failure and quantitative scenario-based assessments reflecting multi-dimensional battlefields. It is preferred that the Offeror has current experience with training protocols, and has access to relevant participants, such as Level 1, 2, or 3 trauma centers and burn centers.

Points of Contact

For inquiries, please direct your correspondence to Biomedical Research Associate Chuck Hutti, Ph.D. at Chuck.Hutti@ati.org.