U.S. Air Force Operational Medicine: Using the Enterprise Estimating Supplies Program to Develop Materiel Solutions for the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (FFQM1).

摘要

The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has used its modeling and simulation (M&S) expertise to develop and update conventional U.S. Air Force medical assets since 2004. Air Force medical modeling capabilities currently capture care and treatment of the sick and injured from the first responder through theater hospitalization. The objective of this study was to leverage medical M&S advantages to provide recommendations for allowance standard (AS) configurations based on the Air Force Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (FFQM1) operational and clinical requirements. NHRC analysts reviewed the FFQM1 Unit Type Code (UTC), analyzed clinical requirements with subject matter experts, and used M&S tools to develop an updated operationally based and patient-driven recommended 903I line list taken from the Air Force Medical Operations Agency Allowance Standard Management System on 20 June 2011. The UTC capabilities, operational requirements, and materiel solutions were identified addressing issues of modernization, clinical requirement, standardization, and redundancy. In this study, important enhancements were made to meet clinical, modernization, and standardization needs. In addition, redundant items were identified and proposed for deletion. In summary, the updated AS for the FFQM1 shows a weight decrease of 0.82%, a cube decrease of 2.40%, and a cost decrease of $9,194.71 per set.