MediSim: simulated medical corpsmen and casualties for medical forces planning and training

Author

Badler, Norman I. ; Clarke, John R. ; Hollick, Michael J. ; Kokkevis, Evangelos ; Metaxas, Dimitri N. ; Bindiganavale, Rama ; Webber, Bonnie L. ; Chi, Diane M. ; Foster, Nick ; Ogunyemi, Omolola ; Kaye, Jonathan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

27-29 Mar 1995

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

28

Abstract

The MediSim system extends virtual environments (both local and network) to represent simulated medical personnel interacting with simulated casualties. Our technology fosters dual-use applications involving planning, training, and evaluation of both medical corpsmen and civilian EMTs. Behaviors and behavioral control are being developed for the medical corpsmen that will enable their actions on the digital battlefield to conform to both military practice and medical protocols. From situationally-appropriate injury models, a set of physical and behavioral manifestations in a simulated casualty will be determined and portrayed on a three-dimensional body

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; biomedical education; computer aided instruction; computer based training; digital simulation; medical computing; military computing; personnel; planning; virtual reality; MediSim; behavioral control; casualties; civilian EMTs; digital battlefield; dual-use applications; medical forces planning; medical protocols; military practice; simulated medical corpsmen; simulated medical personnel; situationally-appropriate injury models; three-dimensional body; training; virtual environments; Avatars; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Humans; Injuries; Medical control systems; Medical simulation; Personnel; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Telemedicine On-Line Today, 1995. Research, Practice, and Opportunities., Proceedings of the National Forum

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5860-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTOL.1995.504523

Filename

504523