The accelerated pace of combat operations, together with the increased sophistication of medical care available to forward units, demands that we improve the efficiency of our data transfer and casualty management. Automation has the potential for improving the speed and accuracy of information relative to casualties for forward tactical units and for support and administrative units to the rear of an operation.
Communication of medical information is critical in a combat environment where the casualty is treated at several different echelons of the evacuation chain. A system designed to provide this communication would include a microprocessor at the third echelon of care. Data would be entered into the microprocessor via a revised medical card with machine readable information, an electronically encoded data tag, and portable terminals. These data then would be used ...
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