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.