Acute Care Cover for Severly Injured Limbs

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for the initial development of the “Acute Care Cover for Severely Injured Limbs” (ACCSIL). ACCSIL will be an advanced field dressing with capabilities beyond those currently available today for battlefield care of severely injured arms or legs. It is intended for application by corpsmen/medics/first responders at the point of injury and removal by medical care providers at Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF) that can provide definitive care. ACCSIL is intended for use on a wide variety of severe injuries including: avulsions, amputations, lacerations, compound and other fractures, thermal and chemical burns, deglovings, deep and widespread abrasions, etc. This product will preserve viable tissue and diminish post-injury, negative, secondary sequelae in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. ACCSIL is intended to preserve the tissues of the injured limb in the best possible state during delays prior to evacuation and during evacuation itself. Optimally, at the time ACCSIL is removed, the limb, although injured, will be as fresh, well perfused, viable, and uninfected as at the moment of injury.

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