Episode 64: Join the Challenge and Help Save Lives

For this episode of the Voices from DARPA podcast, we will be hearing from CDR Jean-Paul Chretien about the newly-launched DARPA Triage Challenge. Previous DARPA challenges have contributed to the self-driving car evolution, responsive space launch, and robotics for disaster response and recovery, and we expect equally transformational results from this one.

The DARPA Triage Challenge will use a series of challenge events to spur development of novel physiological features for medical triage. The effort aims to drive breakthrough innovations in identification of “signatures” of injury that will help medical responders perform scalable, timely, and accurate triage. Of particular interest are mass casualty incidents, in both civilian and military settings, when medical resources are limited relative to the need.

Reference

Convertino, V.A. et al. (June 2016) ‘The Compensatory Reserve For Early and Accurate Prediction Of Hemodynamic Compromise:A Review of the Underlying Physiology’ SHOCK 45(6):p 580-590