Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Medical Neurosurgical Team (FFNEU).

摘要

The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has used its modeling and simulation expertise to develop and update conventional U.S. Air Force medical assets since 2004. The objective of this study was to leverage medical modeling and simulation advantages to provide recommendations for allowance standard configurations based on the Air Force Medical Neurosurgical Team (FFNEU) operational and clinical requirements. NHRC analysts reviewed the FFNEU, analyzed clinical requirements with subject matter experts, and used modeling and simulation tools to develop an operationally-based and patient-driven recommended 917D line list. The Unit Type Code (UTC) capabilities, operational requirements, and materiel solutions were identified, addressing issues of modernization, clinical requirement, standardization, and redundancy. The UTC capabilities, operational requirements, and materiel solutions were identified, addressing issues of modernization, clinical requirement, standardization, and redundancy. In this study, the overarching rationales for change were deletions based on clinical requirements and redundancy. Fifty-five items were deleted, 53 of which were redundant. There was a significant decrease in overall weight (27.9%) and cube (25.2%), while overall cost was minimally unchanged per set.