Norman I. Badler, Bonnie L. Webber, John
R. Clarke, M.D.
Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6389
215-898-5862
badler|bonnie@central.cis.upenn.edu
Sharon Stansfield
Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center
Sandia National Labs, Mail Stop 0951
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0951
505-844-1396
sharon@isrc.sandia.gov
Michael Zyda, David Pratt
Computer Science Department
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
408-656-2305
zyda|pratt@cs.nps.navy.mil
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. Likewise, situationally-appropriate injury models are being developed that lead to appropriate time-varying physical and behavioral manifestations in a simulated casualty which can be displayed on a three-dimensional body. MediSim is being developed as a set of networked application modules that contribute to its integration into the DIS virtual environment. Corpsman participation in MediSim is menu- and speech-based interaction, and a virtual environment embedding.