Vital Signs Data Recording (VSDR) in Trauma Patients

The subject of this Army funded research is vital signs waveform data collection in trauma patients transported from the Maryland Emergency Medical System (EMS) to the Shock Trauma Center (STC) at the University of Maryland. The purpose is to collect continuous real-time vital signs data from field encounter to completion of resuscitation to develop decision aids that may ultimately be useful to predict the need for life-saving interventions. The scope of the effort is to collect multiple examples of continuous vital signs waveforms in both critically ill and low injury severity patients transported by helicopter to STC. Continuous vital signs waveform data may increase sensitivity and specificity of traumatic injury and outcome scoring systems compared to intermittent or single data points. Such an approach could improve triage, predict the need for life saving interventions, mortality, injury severity, need for surgery, and outcomes better than triage orientated trauma severity scoring systems.

The key steps for complete pre-hospital data collections are 
1) Completion of a Pre - Flight VDSR-PDA power check  
2) Using in-Flight event markers,   
3) Goto www.vsdr.org (this web site)and filed out the E-Run Sheet (one  the left)

Publications:

• Hu P, Defouw G, Mackenzie CF, Handley C, Seebode S, Davies P, Floccare D, Xiao Y..
  What is happening to the patient during Pre-Hospital Trauma Care?.
  Proceedings of American Medical Informatics Association, P61. 2006
  
  
• Hu P, Defouw G, Mackenzie CF, Davies P, Seebode S.
  Vital Signs Data Recording (VSDR) System for Pre-Hospital Trauma Care.
  Telemedicine and e-Health, 12(2):166. M1B3. 2006

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For any questions, concerns or technical problems feel free to contact:

Peter Hu
Office: 410-328-7264
email: phu@umm.edu

Steve Seebode
Office: 410-328-7265
email: sseeb001@umaryland.edu

Chris Handley
Office: 410-328-8426
e-mail: chandley@som.umaryland.edu

Colin Mackenzie
Office: 410-328-8673
e-mail : cmack003@umaryland.edu

Anne Conway
410-328-7173
apyle@umm.edu