Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2023
Abstract
The US Air Force has gone through many aeromedical patient isolation transport system designs. The first designs were developed in response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. The trade study analysis part of the system engineering design method was used to analyze the historic and current aeromedical patient contamination control transport systems. A trade study is a process that evaluates alternatives based upon various “-ilities”, such as reconfigurability, flexibility, durability, cost, and more, and performs a systematic analysis to aid designers in producing a ‘good’ design alternative given the large set of possible solutions. The analysis of these historic and current systems, in addition to speaking with stakeholders, resulted in design requirements for a new system. This article will discuss the findings from the analysis of the historic and current aeromedical patient isolation transport systems.
Source Publication
Countering WMD Journal
Recommended Citation
Shaghaghi, S., Slagley, J., Miller, M., & Varshney, G. (2023,Spring). Utilizing the System Engineering Trade Study Analysis Method to Analyze Patient Aeromedical Evacuation. Countering WMD Journal,(26),17–23.
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