Military Health Research Foundation Inc

THE MILITARY HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION(MHRF) IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH TO BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

EPACC: ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE (EPACC) IS A NOVEL TECHNOLOGY THAT UTILIZES AUTOMATED MODULATION OF AN INTRAAORTIC BALLOON CATHETER TO AUGMENT BLOOD FLOW AND PRESSURE TO THE HEART, LUNGS AND BRAIN, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ADEQUATE DOWNSTREAM AORTIC BLOOD FLOW, THUS MINIMIZING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FLUID AND VASOPRESSOR SUPPORT.

BAA: EVAC AND FIVESENDOVASCULAR VARIABLE AORTIC CONTROL SYSTEM (EVAC): IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED TO OPTIMIZE OUTCOMES OF WOUNDED WARFIGHTERS WITH NONCOMPRESSIBLE TORSO HEMORRHAGE. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A CLINICAL-GRADE EVAC SYSTEM TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN THESE PATIENTS. A NEXT-GENERATION "INTELLIGENT" ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE TO IMPROVE HEMORRHAGE CONTROL IN WOUNDED WARFIGHTERS WILL BE DEVELOPED. FIELD INTRAVENOUS EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEM (FIVES): THE USAF REQUIRES AN FDA APPROVED FIVES FOR AIR FORCE MEDIAL SERVICE USED IN DEPLOYED SCENARIOS, INCLUDING WARTIME OPERATIONS, DETERRENCE, HUMANITARIAN, AND CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO GENERATE STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION (WIFI) TO CONSTITUTE MULTIPLE FORMULATIONS OF INTRAVENOUS (IV) SOLUTIONS CONSISTING OF RINGERS LACTATE, LYOPHILIZED HUMAN PLASMA, SALINE AND OTHER STERILE FLUIDS AND/OR BIOLOGICS AND MEDICATIONS UTILIZED IN THE EXPEDITIONARY MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM SITES.

VENTRIGHT: QUALITY VENTILATION IS THE DELIVERY OF THE APPROPRIATE RATE, AMOUNT, AND TIMING OF BREATHS, TO AVOID ADDITIONAL INJURY. YET POINT OF INJURY CARE CREATES MULTIPLE COMPETING CARE RESPONSIBILITIES AND HIGH-QUALITY, CONSISTENT MANUAL VENTILATION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING COMBINED WITH VENTILATION WAVEFORMS (FLOW AND PRESSURE) THAT CAN DIAGNOSE COMMON CAUSES OF TREATABLE RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND OPTIMIZE VENTILATION OF CRITICALLY ILL AND INJURED WARFIGHTERS.

F.O.A.M. - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT A FAST ONSETABDOMINAL MANAGEMENT (F.O.A.M.) PRECLINICAL STUDY, WHOSE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A NEWNONCOMPRESSIBLE INTRA-ABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE MODEL.EVAC PHASE V - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO DESIGN A CLINICALGRADE EVAC CONTROLLER FOR PROLONGED WEANING TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FOW.OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDED TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ON EMERGENCYPRESERVATION AND RESUSCITATION (EPR) AND INTEROPERABLE MEDICAL AUTOMATED SYSTEMS (IMAS) AND OTHERPROJECTS.