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MediSim: Simulated Medical Corpsmen and Casualties for Medical Forces Planning and
Training
Norman I. Badler |
Bonnie L. Webber |
John R. Clarke, M.D. |
Diane M. Chi |
Michael J. Hollick |
Nick Foster |
Evangelos Kokkevis |
Omolola Ogunyemi |
Dimitri N. Metaxas |
Jonathan Kaye |
Rama Bindiganavale |
Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
Department of Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389
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: Injury models, medical procedures, computer
simulation, virtual environments, physics-based modeling, medical
decision support.