The Mobile Medic Application (MMA) or TraumaCon™ is a mobile training application that promotes student retention of the Combat Lifesaver (CLS) course material. Used in conjunction with programs of instruction to compliment classroom instruction, skills labs, and lane training, students become more familiar with fundamental skills during the time they are not directly involved with instructors. The MMA allows the student to independently learn or sustain skills, and is designed to be used during 5-10 minute intervals of time between existing CLS instruction. The MMA will augment the current program of instruction while providing students a challenging, game-based opportunity to review CLS material and sustain important skills.
The MMA consists of two games available for a student to play, both of which can be played individually or as a group initiated by an instructor. The Knowledge Challenge game presents students with a multiple choice question and possible answers based on the CLS and 68W curriculum. The Casualty Challenge game presents students with different scenarios that are based on the CLS curriculum. The scenarios present a 2-Dimensional casualty, some background information, and 3 possible interventions available to the student for treating the casualty. The Casualty Challenge game tests student comprehension of course materials by allowing them to select treatment interventions and forcing students to make choices from initial assessment of the casualty through filling out the Field Medical Card. Immediate feedback is provided to confirm correct actions and to notify a student when they have selected incorrect actions. Multiple correct decision paths are allowed since in real medical emergencies, there are often multiple treatments or interventions that result in acceptable care. Students are timed and scored based on performance when playing both games while an instructor can either post a Leaderboard to motivate a group to improve performance. The instructor may also run reports that provide them detailed analysis regarding students’ performance.
The MMA was developed as a platform independent web application and targets mobile platforms such as the iPod Touch, iPad, iPhone, and Android smart phones as well as desktop PCs. While the MMA capability allows students to continue to learn during downtime, it also easily lends itself as a sustainment training capability available outside of the classroom, making training accessible anywhere, anytime. Whether in the classroom, or prior to mission deployment, the MMA will help future soldiers to be better prepared for medical emergencies.
