System Documentation for Estimating Supplies Program (ESP)

Abstract : The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) designed, developed, and utilized a systematic process to review the Marine Corps medical supply requirements. This approach identified the medical tasks required to treat patients with specific injuries and illnesses, and determined the supplies and equipment required by each task. To determine the amount of consumable supply requirements, a patient-generating model was used to project the frequency of specific injuries and illnesses likely to occur in theater. Substantial reductions (approximately 30%) in the number of items weight, and cube were achieved. By establishing the clinical requirement for each item pushed forward, the NHRC model was able to reduce the logistical burden carried by Marine Corps units and enhance far-forward clinical capability. One result of this research is an extensive database that catalogues patient conditions (PCs) and the tasks and supplies required to treat them. NHRC has incorporated the research and the database into ESP to provide users with the ability to calculate the supplies and equipment needed to treat a particular patient distribution. This system documentation is written to assist ESP users with planning medical resource requirements and to help ESP system administrators at NHRC with maintenance of the database and enhancements in program capability. it may also be used to perform an independent verification and validation of system capabilities. ESP uses casualty estimates, levels of care, and functional areas to calculate the supplies necessary to treat a defined patient stream. ESP is capable of offering the following levels of care: First Responder, Battalion Aid Station (BAS), Forward Resuscitative Surgery (FRS)/Shock Trauma Platoon (STP), Surgical Company (SC), Small Ships/independent Duty Corpsman, Submarines, Landing Ship Dock/General Medical Officer, LHA/LHD, and Aircraft Carriers. ESP also offers the functional areas present at each specific level of care.