[HN Gopher] DARPA Triage Challenge
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DARPA Triage Challenge
Author : geox
Score : 51 points
Date : 2024-01-01 17:15 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (triagechallenge.darpa.mil)
(TXT) w3m dump (triagechallenge.darpa.mil)
| yetanother12345 wrote:
| FYI it should perhaps be mentioned that the deadline for
| participation has passed [0]: Team Qualification
| open for self-funded teams Sept 1 - Nov 27, 2023
| Challenge Kick-Off November 6-7, 2023
|
| It seems that the challenge ends "Fall 2026"
|
| [0]
| https://triagechallenge.darpa.mil/docs/DARPA_Triage_Challeng...
| huytersd wrote:
| How do people hear about things like this? I would have loved to
| be involved but it's too late now.
| ImPostingOnHN wrote:
| FedBizOpps. Here is a link to a search for more DARPA
| opportunities:
|
| https://sam.gov/search/?index=opp&page=1&pageSize=25&sort=-m...
| 0xNotMyAccount wrote:
| I live in this world and had no idea how to construct that
| link. This is the sort of stuff that keeps me coming back to
| HN.
| ugh123 wrote:
| >Vision >A primary stage of MCI triage supported by sensors on
| stand-off platforms, such as uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAVs) or
| robots, and algorithms that analyze sensor data in real-time to
| identify casualties for urgent hands-on evaluation by medical
| personnel. >A secondary stage, after the most urgent casualties
| have been treated, supported by non-invasive contact sensors
| placed on casualties and algorithms that analyze sensor data in
| real-time to predict need for life-saving.
|
| The non-invasive contact sensor sounds interesting. Does anything
| like that exist today? I'd imagine some of the features
| would/could be: heart rate monitoring (including ekg and other
| diagnostics), blood pressure, body temp, oxygen level. Maybe this
| thing is band wrapped around their arm). Also maybe a blood
| sample via a minimal/automated prick from the band (doesn't sound
| as non-invasive anymore but could be helpful).
| rightbyte wrote:
| In what situation do you want a triage AI drone rather than like,
| I dunno, an extra box of blankets and antibiotics?
|
| The whole concept seems silly.
| mattlondon wrote:
| The idea is to identify the casualties that could benefit the
| most, and fast.
|
| Imagine if there is a bomb that goes off in a stadium or music
| venue or whatever (e.g. Manchester bomb in UK that was during a
| music concert where hundreds of people were injured
| _simultaneously_ ) or a major train crash etc where there are
| loads of major injuries simultaneously. There are say 10 first
| responders on the scene, but 200 casualties - who gets treated
| first? Blankets won't help.
|
| Chuck a drone up and it might identify the "priroity list" of
| who gets first aid first. E.g. someone could be in cardiac
| arrest who would benefit from immediate CPR, but you might not
| even get to them if you are manually triaging hundreds of
| casualties across a wide area, and they'd die "unnecessarily"
| just because the people on the scene didn't know/were
| overwhelmed/stressed out/panicking etc. I've only ever been in
| much much much less severe circumstances and can only say that
| it is hard to think straight and clearly even in such a "minor"
| situation - I shudder to think about what it would be like if
| you are amongst the first on the scene to something big.
|
| Anything that can help save the most lives is laudable.
| newsclues wrote:
| It's the military, it sounds silly because it is to normal
| people.
|
| But when you have thousands of troops in combat and hundreds of
| dead and wounded, how would you triage under fire?
|
| This is a current problem in active wars.
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