POPULATION  OF  INTEREST

All MWDs that sustained airway trauma or obstruction.

INTENT  (EXPECTED  OUTCOMES)

• Recovery from airway trauma or obstruction.
• No need for long-term airway modification (such as permanent tracheostomy).

• No long-term morbidity from trauma or subsequent interventions.

PERFORMANCE/ADHERENCE  MEASURES

• Number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that sustained airway trauma or obstruction.Specify what type of injury and location of injury/obstruction.
• Specify type of intervention performed (non-invasive or surgical) and specific the specific intervention.
• Number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that recovered from the original injury. Number and percentage of MWDs that returned to duty versus those that were medically retired following the event or that died as result of the airway trauma/obstruction.

DATA  SOURCE

• Patient Record
• Department of Defense Military Working Dog Trauma Registry

SYSTEM  REPORTING  &  FREQUENCY

The above constitutes the minimum criteria for PI monitoring of this K9 CPG. System reporting will be performed annually; additional PI monitoring and system reporting may be performed as needed.

The system review and data analysis will be performed by direction of the K9C4 Chair.