Ragged Edge Solutions

EDUCATION | RESEARCH | INTEGRATION

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03  ·  Applied research + integration

Technology meets the field. The field answers back.

RES turns training environments into operationally relevant learning laboratories, connecting developers, researchers, experienced end users, and the institutions responsible for readiness.

01

The ecosystem

Training is where capability becomes observable.

A device can work technically and still fail operationally. RES integrates emerging technology into realistic workflows so researchers and developers can see how it affects judgment, workload, team performance, logistics, and patient care.

Proud to support and work with

Prolonged Field Care Collective
Global Response Medicine
The Geneva Foundation
RTI International
ECU Health
Carolina MEdiC
College of Remote and Offshore Medicine
Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
NAEMT Authorized Training Center
Australian Tactical Medical Association
Inovytec
Safeguard Medical
Moberg Analytics
Delta Development Team
Integrated MedCraft
Booz Allen
Black Bear Solution
Black Flag Response
Frontline Medical Solutions
Prevail Rescue Solutions
02

Integration and feedback loop

From requirement to evidence, then back into practice.

01

Define

Start with the clinical or operational problem, the intended user, and a meaningful endpoint.

02

Integrate

Place the technology inside a realistic clinical workflow, not beside it as a demonstration.

03

Expose

Put it in the hands of experienced providers under relevant constraints and competing demands.

04

Capture

Collect structured feedback, performance observations, friction points, and failure modes.

05

Refine

Return findings to developers, update the training system, and repeat until capability improves.

06

Disseminate

Share useful lessons through education, PFCare.org, conferences, publications, and partner networks.

Operational end users being briefed on TBI assessment devices during an end-user evaluation
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Why RES

Operators know the problem. Researchers know how to measure it. Industry knows how to build. RES puts them in the same system.

  • Direct access to experienced operational providers and end users
  • Hyper-realistic environments and scenario-based validation
  • Curriculum integration before, during, and after evaluation
  • A pathway to education, conference discussion, and professional dissemination
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Selected work

Current and recent collaborations.

STORM-2 Surgical Course partner credit naming Spirit of America, Ragged Edge Solutions, Carolina Medic, STOPS Medical, and Global Response Medicine
STORM-2 Surgical CourseTeam-based Role 2 training in which surgery, anesthesia, and nursing work as one unit under resource constraint and prolonged evacuation, rather than as separate disciplines. Partner credit issued by Global Response Medicine.
The UNC Medical Center campus, with the Carolina Medic mark

University of North Carolina

Clinical immersion with UNC trauma teams, PECC delivery, and STORM-2 course support in Ukraine alongside Global Response Medicine.

TBI Navigator

TBI Navigator

Collaboration with Penn Medicine, the Prolonged Field Care Collective, CCCRP, and MTEC on a mobile TBI assessment tool integrating GCS, TMACE, and real-time reporting for prehospital and prolonged care.

Global Response Medicine

Global Response Medicine

Advanced training and research support in austere and conflict-affected environments, including the STORM-2 surgical team course and exportable curriculum development.

TATRC

TATRC / Autodoc

A designated data-collection site providing high-fidelity environments for autonomous casualty-care research and emerging technology validation.

Inovytec Medical Solutions

Inovytec Medical Solutions

Human factors evaluation of the Ventway Sparrow ventilator in an operational training environment, with training content and instructor material development under a training services agreement.

RTI International

RTI International and Geneva Foundation

End-user evaluation of field-ready TBI assessment technologies supporting next-generation deployed tool development.

ECU Health

ECU Brody School of Medicine

An established partnership in military-university training models and military-civilian joint education, supporting DARK+WOODS delivery in Greenville.

KeriCure Medical

KeriCure Medical

End-user feedback and field evaluation of advanced wound-care products for point-of-injury integration.

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Support for a Predictive Patient Situational Awareness platform for prolonged field care under multi-domain operations conditions.

Begin with the requirement

Bring us the problem, not the pitch deck.

Research partnerships, product validation, technology evaluation, curriculum integration, and operational user studies.

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