MMSIV News Archive 2019

TATRC’s Medical Modeling Simulation, Informatics and Visualization (MMSIV) team recently completed the development of the new Joint Medical Simulation Instructional Methods (JMedSIM) portal. The portal, developed in consultation with the Defense Health Agency (DHA) J7, will provide knowledge, skills and confidence while using simulators for simulation training scenarios. Sites identified that they needed a way to consistently and continuously train new personnel on a variety of simulators and training practices, because in this environment of cost constraints, a means of training without the cost of TDY has become essential.

Ms. Deborah “Debbie” Locke is the newest addition to join the TATRC team. She will be supporting and assisting the Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization lab at TATRC headquarters at Ft. Detrick. In the role of Project Officer, she will provide assistance to the PI on various research projects as well as update project records, track deliverables, compile data and information useful for medical research proposal documents and other areas of project planning.

From 16 - 19 July, COL Jeremy Pamplin, TATRC’s Director led Mr. Ron Yeaw, Mobile Health Innovation Center Deputy Lab Manager, and Mr. Jimmy Gaudaen, Project Officer to the North Carolina mountains where they participated in the 7th Mountain Path (MP7) Prolonged Field Care (PFC) Training event with the 4th Battalion/3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Ragged Edge Solutions (RES) Training Center in Tarboro, NC.

Patient-directed health information is increasingly becoming an important component of patient care between patients and their health care providers.

On 21 May, TATRC had the pleasure of hosting a talented team of individuals from Madigan Army Medical Center’s Telemedical Research for Operational Support (TR4OS), who, along with TATRC Director COL Jeremy Pamplin, carried out a demonstration of telementoring capabilities for prolonged field care (PFC). The 2-day event took place in TATRC’s outdoor simulated field environment.

Team TATRC had the honor and pleasure of being a part of the third biennial Department of Defense Lab Day 2019 held at the Pentagon Courtyard hosted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) which took place on 25 April.

U.S. Army medical researchers want to equip combat medics with a head-up display so they can connect with surgeons in the rear for help with critically wounded troops on the battlefield.

In February, TATRC’s Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization (MMSV) lab hit the road and traveled down to Fort Bragg to take part in a Capstone event for the Augmented Reality Forward Surgical Care project, funded through the AMEDD Advanced Medical Technology Initiative’s Extended Innovation Funding. This project, which was done in collaborative partnership with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Womack Army Medical Center and vendor, BioMojo, aimed to integrate augmented reality headwear into prolonged field care.

It was a big week for Team TATRC in late January as they traveled to San Antonio, TX to participate in the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH). The theme for the 2019 IMSH Conference was “Redefining & Redesigning Healthcare Powered by Simulation,” and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare‘s (SSH) annual event set an attendance record with over 3,000 participants and 800 vendors in the Exhibit Hall, with TATRC being one of them in the Government Row section.

Ms. Stephanie Edwards has been named TATRC’s Employee of the Quarter for the 2nd Quarter of FY19 for her continuing work and untiring efforts as a supporting Project Officer assisting the Health Technology Information Center (HTIC) and Medical, Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Lab (MMSV).