Simulation model of the military rescue chain in combat scenarios – a conceptional design

The intensity of current military combats far exceeds the ones of recent conflicts. Since medical resources are limited during battle, the available capacities must be used optimally. This requires distributing patients to available resources, such as medical facilities and transporters. Therefore, the effective planning and coordination of a complex, constantly changing logistics network is of utmost importance. Due to limited data, current planning is often based on expert assumptions. To evaluate current and future concepts, we propose constructive simulation to analyse the interplay of assumptions and planning decisions. For this purpose, we study the military rescue chain and review existing optimization approaches. A conceptual simulation model design is presented and an outlook of upcoming research is given