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DTIC ADA508288: Recommendations for the U.S. Coast Guard Survival Prediction Tool

The U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) Research and Development Center (R&DC) has developed new tools to estimate the survival of immersed and stranded (i.e., in survival craft) victims by search and rescue (SAR) planners. The tools include a thermal and dehydration model developed by the U. S. Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), an empirical model developed by the University of Portsmouth (UP), UK, and a maximum search time guideline. A panel of survival physiology subject matter experts (SMEs) was convened to provide critical reviews and discuss limits for use and set points for the models. The R&DC and its contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) also developed operational requirements for a software system containing these tools. The requirements are based on USCG SAR Program policies and feedback obtained from several Rescue Coordination Centers. The requirements and functionality were also presented to SAR planners for refinement and review. This report documents the requirements and describes a proposed system that meets the requirements. It includes a strawman graphical user interface (GUI) presented to facilitate subsequent software

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