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BAE Systems to continue developing AFRL's BATDOK

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected BAE Systems to continue development and support deployment of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Operations Kit (BATDOK) via the new Force Optimization through Rapid-prototyping, Gear Enhancements & Innovative Technology (FORGE-IT) programme.

Image courtesy BAE Systems / US Air Force photo: Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel T. Tamondong

Together, BATDOK and FORGE-IT will improve and modernise the capabilities of warfighters to provide medical care for wounded servicemembers on the battlefield and ensure they receive proper treatment into long-term care.

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BATDOK is an AFRL application developed with the support of BAE Systems that creates a complete and reliable record of injuries and treatments from the point of injury through recovery. Traditionally, medical care administered on the battlefield is only recorded on paper. BATDOK records medical care electronically, ensuring the details of a patient’s injury and field treatment are seamlessly transferred to the nurses and doctors providing ongoing care.

FORGE-IT will build on BATDOK, continuing to enhance remote patient monitoring and improving medical care in the field through clinical decision support powered by embedded artificial intelligence capabilities.

“At BAE Systems, our goal has always been to protect those who protect us,” said Nathaniel Wiesner, vice president and general manager of Ground Systems & Services for BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems. “Through projects like FORGE-IT, we’re augmenting the abilities of our nation’s warfighters to provide critical medical care in high-threat scenarios and ensure that those who are wounded are given effective treatment in the field.”

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Data collected by BATDOK and FORGE-IT will be integrated into the Department of Defense’s Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS) care delivery platform, which ensures delivery of comprehensive health services for US Armed Forces patients in deployed and home station medical care facilities.

Through this integration, these systems will help clinicians deliver effective care and make sure service members’ injuries are properly documented.

FORGE-IT represents the latest innovation in BAE Systems’ efforts to support and protect our nation’s warfighters on and off the battlefield.
 

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