RFP for the formation of a Combat Casualty Training Consortium

U. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC),Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) and the
Joint Program Committee 1 – Medical Simulation, Education, & Training for Systems Development and Integration (JPC1-MedSim)
 
…..announces a request for proposals (RFP) for the formation of a Combat Casualty Training Consortium (CCTC) to address research, validation and consideration of solutions for Training Combat Casualty Care. Specifically, the critical areas are;
 
·         Trauma hemorrhage skills
·         Trauma airway skills
·         Emergency medical skills
 
This Program Announcement (PA) seeks to establish a Combat Casualty Training Consortium (CCTC). The US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is soliciting full proposals to address the needs identified below. The results of these efforts are intended to ensure and sustain combat readiness and save lives through well validated training methodologies. The CCTC, which is intended to be formed as a result of awards made in response to this PA, is focused on militarily relevant trauma training. In the short-term (1-2 years), the CCTC seeks to validate both live tissue training methodologies and simulator based training alternatives, with the goal of making a statistically valid comparison of their effectiveness and transfer. This will require applications of metrics developed and validated by the sub-awardees and overseen by the CCTC and guided by military Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Midterm goals (up to 3 years) include evaluation of training retention and identification of existing simulator gaps for the purpose of future research and development of simulator systems that have the potential to replace the presumed gold standard of animal/live tissue training.
 
 
Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-10-JPC-MEDSIM-CCTC
Short Title: Combat Casualty Training Consortium (CCTC)
Proposal Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, 24 September 2010
 
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