For the second week, our team interviewed another 10 people serving or served in 18Ds or 18As. From these interviews, we redefined our beneficiaries as 18D (clarified medics’ problems on overwhelming work and low motivation) and 18A (discovered new challenge on information sharing and procedure establishing). Furthermore, we got more insight on the requirement of deliverables including knowledge sharing, easy to use and modifiable by non-technicians.

Sergeant First Class Chandler

• The over comprehensive medical equipment set lead to redundancy of checking tasks
• Med logistics isn’t sufficient to deal with actual need

• Swick could be a path when medics retire or get injured instead of a regular program

Joe

• A checklist of baseline clinic for 18D SF Medic will be very useful
• Missions spending 4-7 days in an area, setting up clinics once a week.
• The challenge for 18D is finding an area where casualties get treated quickly

Sam

• Standard procedures would ease ways of doing things
• Struggle with the evac process and being sure of patient status/communication
• Need of mutual communication about patient status/outcomes between Medics and commanders

Alan S. Colvin

• Need for info. management of medical resources in X country, i.e. a data bank for diff. countries

• Can’t rely on internet because of poor connection in certain operational environments

Justin

• The one medic is in charge so non-medics need more medical knowledge (SOFACC)
• Existing checklist include very narrow things like putting on a drip

John R

• More real Africa-specific training other than some stuff on infectious diseases
• Budget (better to be small and portable) is a limitation of adapting new training

• 24 hour hotline (expert physician who can aid in the field) need to be available online

Colin

• Set the course in the Army geared towards load planning for planes
• Need DoD to be involved/approve
• Video telemedicine is helpful in diagnosis and procedures, especially talking to doctor

Paul Loos

• An app/database could contribute better to the medical evacuation process
• Need standardized logistics training in Ergonomics of a clinic

Kyle

• A digital checklist could be not ideal for those who are used to paper version and most apps serve as the reference of diagnosis and  procedure
• It’s important to stay up to date on new medical advances, and filter out relevance

Thomas Williams, Professor at Duke Law School & Initiative for Science and Society

• Positioning SF by GIS, finding a spot or several to set up a clinic nearby based on those surroundings, then layering the clinic design into that space.