Demonstration and Prize Competition for the Passive Data Collection using Autonomous Documentation (AutoDoc) Project

Purpose

This solicitation, issued by MTEC, and with support from the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), represents a Request for Project Proposals (RPP) focused on identifying a system of sensor suites that can reliably and passively collect the core data needed to identify casualty status, key tasks performed by medics, and real-time resource use in casualty care scenarios under realistic battlefield conditions. This demonstration and prize competition focuses on the use of mature sensor technologies to support passive data collection for autonomous tactical combat casualty care (TCCC). It will focus on the “art of the possible” in terms of novel combinations of commercially off-the-shelf (COTS) sensor solutions to collect data regarding:

• Medic performance of casualty care (e.g., medic registration, actions, tasks, decisions, etc.);
• Patient status (e.g., registration, physiologic, injury patterns, mental status, etc.); and
• Resource utilization (e.g., IVs, blood, tubing, bandages, dressings, medications, etc.).

Several prizes are expected to be awarded for the most innovative/novel approaches that leverage existing sensor technologies to collect data for the three use cases listed above. To the largest extent possible, the proposed sensor devices are suitable for future use in austere, tactical environments (e.g., extreme temperatures (heat/cold); variable lighting venues; noisy/loud environments (gunfire, explosives, rockets, et al); urban warfare conditions; and disrupted, disconnected, intermittent, and low bandwidth (DDIL) communication venues, etc.).

Points of Contact

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