本科生与北约的合作伙伴减少战斗伤亡

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本科生与北约的合作伙伴 减少战斗伤亡

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**克拉克学者团队**

**开发了一种可穿戴设备**

**能否传递一个士兵的生命体征给谁** **对抗医护人员，使之更容易**

**确定谁需要医疗** **最迫切的关注**

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凯瑟琳格雷厄姆 /2021年8月20日

在拿破仑战争期间，法国帝国军队尝试了一些方法 相当新颖：医务人员根据严重程度治疗受伤的士兵 而不是根据军衔。分级优先考虑的护理

基于病情的严重程度——已被证明是拯救生命的关键 在许多战场上。

现在，战斗分类正在经历另一个戏剧性的转变 -这次，是数字版的。与北约总部最高盟军合作 指挥转型创新中心和SACT医疗中心

约翰 ·霍普金斯大学的学生、工程师和科学家

而捷克技术大学也利用了人工技术

智能来创建一个数字分诊助手。穿得如戴着手表

在士兵们的手腕上，该设备会收集他们的生命体征和位置数据， 将这些信息实时发送给仪表盘，这不仅能告诉你

医护人员的伤员，但也评估的严重程度 他们的伤害。

这些学生工程师都是克拉克学者计划的成员。 成立于2016年，在怀廷投资1500万美元

工程学院。詹姆斯和爱丽丝B。克拉克基金会 这个项目不仅是为了吸引有才华的工程人才

学生到约翰霍普金斯大学，也为他们的领导做准备

作用该队列由劳伦斯 ·阿隆希姆和亚历山大提供建议 他是学校领导中心的教员

教育

学生们开发了可穿戴设备的概念和软件逻辑

一种可以传递士兵的生命体征来对抗医疗人员的设备 审判受伤的士兵更容易。

该团队的主要创新是结合了机器学习模式

从可穿戴设备中收集的数据来计算“死亡率可能性评分 ”

为一个士兵说。这个分数将有助于战斗 医生们很快就会决定谁应该先接受治疗。

在他们的研究过程中，学生们发现了当前的战场 分类可以归结为几个简单的评估：士兵能站立吗

在上面他们能举手吗？他们能大喊大叫，还是他们能大喊大叫

不省人事的只有很少的数据，战斗医护人员必须进行评估 并在最短的时间内优先疏散。

“我们惊讶地发现，医护人员决定是否有人在下一个 直升机只基于两三个因素。这是出于

他们甚至不能花几分钟来试用a

单个求解器。但我们没有数字分类的限制 助理的该系统允许连续的和实时的监控

如果士兵的病情恶化，就会提醒医生。 ”

大卫 ·卡尔沃，计算机科学专业的四年级学生和团队成员。

学生们设计了数字分类助理

自动化这个过程，为医疗人员提供正确的信息 尽快。

“我们发现，我们可以在编程中很好地模拟分类过程 语言但这些计算对人类来说是很难做到的

同样是四年级计算机科学专业的乔纳森 ·爱德华兹说 主要和团队成员。

除了创造死亡率的可能性分数，学生们还建立了一个 类似地图的仪表板，使用多种颜色的点来指示每个点

士兵的分数和GPS定位。该系统还共享实时分类 与总部指挥官的更新。

该团队从2019年开始着手处理这个雄心勃勃的项目

北约总部SACT医疗分部要求他们开发一项技术 减少未来北约任务中战场伤亡的解决方案。

学生们会见了高级军事领导人、政府官员和官员 来自美国、英国军队和以色列的前线医生

国防军要更好地理解在战斗中面临的挑战

分诊情况。很快，他们就开始与CTU进行远程合作 学生在布拉格。

在参与这个项目时，学生们也考虑了如何分类

这些做法可能会根据战区的不同而改变。在地区

北约对空域有更强的控制，医疗后送也可以做到 执行迅速，存活率可以非常高。但如果战场

出现在北约不控制空域的地方，战斗医疗人员将面临一个 非常不同的情况下：空气疏散可能是有限的和

受伤的士兵可能会被分散在更大的地区或被要求分散

现场处理。数字分诊助理非常适合协助 在这种情况下，阿隆姬说。

他补充说，团队已经在考虑这个系统 超越战场，有民用应用， 比如在

繁忙的急诊科或在大规模伤亡事件之后。

第一个原型机计划与之合作进行现场测试 捷克武装部队从8月开始， 由于延误造成 到COVID19大流行。

约翰 ·霍普金斯大学是第一批与北约合作的大学之一 创新中心。数字分类助理展示了其好处

如果北约组织继续与

大学生，他们带来新的想法和策略 据阿隆姬说，他面临着挑战。

“令人难以置信的是，这个项目从零变成了现场测试 不到两年。这些学生没有任何军事保障或安全保障

背景这是一组来自不同学科的本科生，

谁做了研究，谁投入了工作，他们已经

想出一些真正可行和令人兴奋的东西。 ”

索拉博 ·达拉尔上校，他一直在监督这个项目

SACT医疗分支机构也表示同意。他说，原型机已经有了 创造了与技术连接的一代的兴趣

今天是战术战斗伤亡护理的前沿。他们很容易看到 在他们的日常临床工作中的优势和使用。

他说： “这是解决一个古老的问题的新方法。 ”“ 团队已经

对如何优先考虑战场医疗有前瞻性的想法

从拿破仑时代开始，并把它带到现代。这个 数字分诊助理产品减少了认知超负荷

现代战场的安全关键环境，首先减少

重大伤亡的响应时间，并创造了一个动态的情境

对指挥官的认识，最终导致了更高的效率 医疗系统，拯救了生命。 ”

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Undergrads partner with NATO to reduce combat casualties

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**A team of Clark Scholars has**

**developed a wearable device that can relay a soldier's vitals to**

**combat medics, making it easier to determine who needs medical**

**attention most urgently**

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Catherine Graham / Aug 20, 2021

During the Napoleonic Wars, the French Imperial Army tried something rather novel: medics treated wounded soldiers according to the severity of their injuries instead of by military rank. Triage—prioritized care

based on the severity of condition—has proved critical for saving lives on many battlefields since.

Now combat triage is undergoing yet another dramatic transformation —this time, a digital one. Working with the NATO HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation Innovation Hub and the SACT Medical

Branch, student engineers and scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the Czech Technical University have leveraged artificial

intelligence to create a Digital Triage Assistant. Worn like a watch on

soldiers'wrists, the device collects their vital signs and location data,

feeding that information in realtime to a dashboard that not only tells medics where the wounded are located, but also assesses the severity of

their injuries.

The student engineers are all members of the [Clark Scholars Program](https://apply.jhu.edu/clark-scholars-program/). Established in 2016 with a $15 million investment in the Whiting

School of Engineering from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, the program is designed not only to attract talented engineering

![](/media/202412//1733470059.9677398.png)students to Johns Hopkins, but also to prepare them for leadership roles. The cohort is advised by [Lawrence Aronhime](https://engineering.jhu.edu/cle/faculty/lawrence-aronhime/) and Alexander Cocron, faculty members in the school's Center for Leadership

Education.

The students developed the concept and software logic for a wearable device that can relay a soldier's vital signs to combat medics, making triaging injured soldiers easier.

The team's main innovation is a machine-learning model that combines data gathered from wearables to calculate a "mortality likelihood score" for an individual soldier, said Cocron. The score will help combat

medics quickly determine who should receive treatment first.

During their research, the students discovered that current battlefield

triage comes down to a few simple assessments: Can the soldier stand up? Can they raise their hand? Are they able to yell, or are they

unconscious? With very little data, combat medics must evaluate injuries and prioritize evacuation in the shortest time possible.

"We were surprised to find that medics decide if someone is on the next helicopter out based on just two or three factors. That's born out of

necessity–they can't afford to spend even a few minutes triaging a

single solider. But we don't have that limitation with a digital triage assistant. The system allows for continuous and real-time monitoring of vitals, and alerts the medicif a soldier's condition gets worse," said David Calvo, a fourth-year computer science major and team member.

The students designed the Digital Triage Assistant with an eye toward automating this process, getting the right information to medics as

quickly as possible.

"We found we could model the triage process well in a programming

language. But these calculations would be very hard for a human to do on the go," said Jonathan Edwards, also a fourth-year computer science

major and team member.

In addition to creating the mortality likelihood score, students built a map-like dashboard that uses multi-colored dots to indicate each

soldier's score and GPS location. The system also shares live triage updates with commanding officers at headquarters.

The cohort began tackling the ambitious project in 2019,when the

NATO HQ SACT Medical Branch asked them to develop a technology

solution to reduce battlefield casualties in future NATO missions.

Students met with high-level military leaders, government officials, and frontline medics from the United States, the British Army, and the Israel Defense Forces to better understand the challenges faced in combat

triage situations. Soon they began collaborating remotely with CTU students in Prague.

As they worked on the project, the students also considered how triage practices may change depending on the war zone. In regions where

NATO has stronger control of the airspace, medical evacuations can be performed quickly and survival rates can be very high. But if battlefields

emerge where NATO doesn't control airspace, combat medics will face a very different set of circumstances: air evacuations maybe limited and wounded soldiers maybe scattered over larger areas or be required to be treated on-site. The Digital Triage Assistant is well-suited to assist medics in this type of scenario, Aronhime said.

He adds that the team is already thinking about how this system could move beyond the battlefield and have civilian applications, such as in busy emergency departments or following mass casualty incidents.

The first prototype is scheduled to be field tested in cooperation with the Czech Armed Forces beginning in August, following delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Johns Hopkins is one of the first universities to partner with NATO's

Innovation Hub. The Digital Triage Assistant demonstrates the benefits that can be reaped if NATO organizations continue to engage with

university students, who bring fresh ideas and strategies to long- standing challenges, according to Aronhime.

"What is incredible is that this project went from zero to field testing in

less than two years. These students don't have any military or security background. This is a group of undergrads, from different disciplines, who have done the research, who have put in the work, and they've

come up with something really viable and exciting," he said.

Colonel Sohrab Dalal, who has been overseeing the project as Head of the SACT Medical Branch, agrees. He said the prototype is already

creating interest with the technology-connected generation at the

forefront of tactical combat casualty care today. They readily see the

advantage and use of such a prototype in their day-to-day clinical work.

"This is a novel solution to an age-old problem," he said. "The team has taken forward-thinking ideas on how to prioritize battlefield medical

care from the Napoleonic times and brought it into the modern era. The Digital Triage Assistant product reduces cognitive overload in the

safety critical environment of the modern battlefield, reduces first

responder times for critical casualties and creates a dynamic situational awareness for the commander, ultimately resulting in a more efficient medical system and saved lives."

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本科生与北约的合作伙伴 减少战斗伤亡

本科生与北约的合作伙伴减少战斗伤亡