The Operational Emergency Department Attendance Register (OPEDAR): A New Epidemiological Tool

Abstract

OpEDAR is a clinical tool to inform manning, equipment and training requirements for enduring and new operations, focused on the requirements of the emergency department. Multivariate quality control models applied in industry could be applied to OpEDAR to produce a dynamic epidemiological tool that identifies emerging case clusters and facilitates deployed commanders to take preventative action.

The role of trauma scoring in developing trauma clinical governance in the Defence Medical Services

“…As the MERT will deliver patients to treatment facilities other than the UK field hospital, their information will not appear in MACE unless they enter the UK system again later in their course-additionally, patients with illness rather than injury may be transported by MERT, but will not appear on MACE. OpEDAR captures all patients (injury and illness) attending the emergency department of a UK field hospital [57]: patients can be on MACE without appearing on OpEDAR if they receive their initial treatment in a non-UK field hospital, prior to evacuation to Birmingham. An important part of the CG process is providing feedback: where outcome is unexpectedly positive (the unexpected survivor), then practice is praised and reinforced, but where practice is regarded as suboptimal, the area for improvement is highlighted, organizational change is instituted and compliance is monitored.…”

A Three-Year Review of Emergency Department Admissions - Op HERRICK 4 to 9

“…This database is owned by the Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine (ADMEM) and is supported by the Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) for validation and analysis. OpEDAR, and its validation, has been described in detail elsewhere [1]. Analysis was performed to elicit trends in attendances that may be relevant to manpower and service provision planning.…”

Descriptive analysis of the medical care performed in the Spanish military Role 1 Medical Treatment Facility deployed in Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ (Iraq), 2015–2016

“…The theme of musculoskeletal injuries predominating is an international phenomenon: ‘orthopaedic lesions to soft tissue’ and ‘gastrointestinal diseases’ constituted the majority of consultations throughout all phases of Operation TELIC in Iraq between March 2003 and November 2006, except during TELIC 2 when heat-related diseases presented a significant increase 15. During Operation ‘Iraqi Freedom’ in 2006/2007, over a quarter of all US Role 1 MTF consultations in Camp Taji (Iraq) were musculoskeletal conditions (27%), followed by dermatological processes (18%) 16…”