Virtual Environments for Medical Simulation

"Reality by Design (RBD), an Advanced Interactive Systems (AIS) Company, proposes to research, design and develop a systemcapable of generating meaningful casualties from events occurring in a popular computer game, and communicating them to theCombat Trauma Patient Simulator (CTPS), a cutting-edge military medical simulator, to train military clinicians. RBD will useDoD's High Level Architecture (HLA) protocol to develop a gateway for the computer game in order to communicate with theCTPS. RBD will also research, design and develop a system that will allow for natural and realistic treatment of the patient toinclude manipulation of the virtual patient and equipments. This system will be integrated into a suitable existing medical simulator.Collaboration with key companies in the game and the medical simulation market will utilize leading game and medical simulationtechnology. Using PC technology, our solution will be low cost, easy to maintain, and will allow for rapid, modular expansion in thefuture. A variety of commercial markets exist for the developed technology. New products can be used as an initial entry training inmedical schools for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) as well as combat medics, national guards, and any other personnelclassified as first responder. It can also be used as a refresher and sustainment training in hospitals to keep its medical personnelready for emergency situations. These tools will allow for a