POPULATION OF INTEREST

All MWDs that sustained blast, burn or crush injuries.

INTENT (EXPECTED OUTCOMES)

- Recovery from blast, burn or crush injury.
- 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 blast injury.
- Number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that sustained burn injury.
- Number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that sustained crush injury.
- For the injury type listed above that was sustained:
  - Specify cause of injury (if known) and location of injury.
  - Specify type of intervention and treatment performed.
  - Determine the number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that recovered from the original injury.
  - Determine the number and percentage of MWDs that returned to duty versus those that were medically retired following the event or that died as result of injury.

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.