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Translating Battlefield Practices to Disaster Health
Kandra Strauss-Riggs1, Kevin Yeskey2, Aubrey Miller3
11The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine,Inc, and National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health,Rockville,Maryland.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
|February 10, 2017
Summary
This review highlights a National Academies report on integrating military and civilian trauma systems. It emphasizes focused empiricism and learning health systems to reduce preventable trauma deaths.
Area of Science:
- Disaster medicine
- Public health preparedness
- Trauma systems science
Background:
- A National Academies report proposes integrating military and civilian trauma care.
- Key concepts include focused empiricism and learning health systems.
- These approaches aim to eliminate preventable deaths after injury.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review aspects of the National Academies report relevant to disaster health.
- To highlight the application of focused empiricism and learning health systems.
- To encourage disaster health researchers to adopt the report's recommendations.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of the National Academies report.
- Analysis of concepts relevant to disaster health.
- Reference to battlefield successes and the Disaster Research Response Program.
Main Results:
- The report offers a framework for a national trauma care system.
- Focused empiricism and learning health systems are crucial for progress.
- Existing programs demonstrate the potential of these concepts.
Conclusions:
- Disaster health research should incorporate the report's recommendations.
- Integrating military and civilian trauma systems can improve outcomes.
- Adopting a learning health system approach is vital for zero preventable deaths.
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