title: Object-oriented modeling of patients in a medical federation.
abstract: This research explores the development of an object-oriented model to support inter-operation of simulations within a federation for the purpose of conducting medical analysis and training over a distributed infrastructure. The medical federation is referred to as the combat trauma patient simulation system and is composed using high level architecture. The infrastructure contains components that were separately developed and are heterogeneous in nature. This includes a general anatomical computer database capable of generating human injuries, referred to as operational requirements-based casualty assessment, an animated mannequin called the human patient simulator, and other components. The research develops an object model that enables bodily injury data to be shared across the simulation, conducts analysis on that data, and considers possible applications of the technique in expanded medical infrastructures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Creech
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D017216:Telemedicine; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy