Volume 4, Issue 5 30 June 2019

PROJECT STATUS

• 46 months completed

• 2 months to comple-

tion

MILESTONES

39 Achieved

3 to complete

DELIVERABLES

33 Achieved

12 to complete

TOXI-triage Project Log

WORK PACKAGE NEWS

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FTX DISPERSE

22 MAY 2019

MIKKELI, FINLAND ...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

conditions in a realistic large scale incident. More than 100 casualties with complex injuries were treated and the majority of casualties were decontaminated on site. The em-phasis of the exercise was on the end-user perspective and emer-gency medical staff were able to utilize the latest medical care and triage technology.

After many months of prepa-ration, FTX DISPERSE was successfully staged in Mikkeli Finland in May 2019. The trial was a comprehensive field test and evaluation of TOXI-Triage technologies and comprised the largest operational joint authority exercise in Finland. This mass chemical incident in an open pub-lic space provided challenging

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Facts and Figures

18 Partners

€12,000,000

48 Months

7 Specific Objectives

9 Work Packages

45 Deliverables

42 Milestones

Reminders

Time sheets every month

Receipts for all

expenditure

Discuss major expenditure

with co-ordinator before mak-

ing the commitment

Travel outside the EU needs

authorisation, speak with the

project co-ordinator.

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a GoTo meeting link.

Names and addresses of every-

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FTX DISPERSE PREPARATIONS

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FTX DISPERSE CASUALTIES

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Facts and Figures

18 Partners

€12,000,000

48 Months

7 Specific Objectives

9 Work Packages

45 Deliverables

42 Milestones

Reminders

Time sheets every month

Receipts for all

expenditure

Discuss major expenditure

with co-ordinator before

making the commitment

Travel outside the EU needs

authorisation, speak with the

project co-ordinator.

Want to set up a meeting ?

Speak with Lois Child and get

a GoTo meeting link.

Names and addresses of every-

one involved in the project to

Lois Child please.

@TOXI_triage

FTX DISPERSE TOXIMOTIVE

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Workshop Announcement

CBRN Detection Methods and Procedures

5th September 2019, Brussels

The TOXI-Triage CBRN Detection Methods and Procedures Scientific Workshop and Evening Re-ception will take place on Thursday 5th September 2019 at le Bouche à Oreille, Brussels

https://bao.be/en

Click here to register for the event and project meeting

Proposed Programme

09.30 – 10.00 Arrival and Registration 10.00 – 10.30 Introduction and Review Paul Thomas, TOXI-Triage Co-ordinator, Loughborough University 10.30 – 11.00 Verification and the role of VERIFIN Paula Vanninen, University of Helsinki 11.00 – 11.30 Break 11.30 – 11.50 The poisoning epidemic Michael Eddleston, Edinburgh University 11.50 – 12.00 Biodetection Paul Thomas, Loughborough University 12.00 – 12.30 Detectors for a new-age

Andreas Walte, Airsense Analytics / Stefan Zimmermann, University of Hannover 12.30 – 13.00 AI social media and the hybrid battle ground Tom Jackson, Loughborough University 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 14.30 Where’s the baby? Tag and Trace Gert Wijnalda/ Florian Käding, Prometech 14.30 – 15.00 Drones, payloads and lessons learnt George Pallis, T4i Engineering/ Toni Leikas, Environics 15.00 – 15.20 On site validation of chemical detectors for reliable measurements Milt Statheropoulos, National Technical University of Athens 15.20 - 15.50 Break 15.50 – 16.10 Blood, Breath, sweat and tears saliva

Paul Thomas/ Dahlia Salman, Loughborough University 16.10 – 16.30 Data, data everywhere though not a drop of understanding? Dario Ruiz, ATOS 16.30 – 16.50 Systems for survival: Human Factors integration Sue Hignett, Loughborough University 16.50 – 17.30 Summary and Final comments Paul Thomas

18.30 to 21.00 Evening Drinks Reception

This project has received fund-ing from the

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Grant 653409

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DIARY DATES: Date Meeting Venue

3 July 19 Project Management Board GOTO MEETING

31 Jul 19 Project Management Board GOTO MEETING

4 Sep 19 Project Meeting Brussels

5 Sep 19 Scientific Workshop CBRN Detection Methods and Procedures Brussels

5 Sep 19 Evening Reception Brussels

6 Sep 19 48 Month Review meeting Brussels

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

28 July—2 Aug 2019 28th Annual ISIMS Conference, Hannover, Germany

5 Sept 2019 CBRN Detection Methods and Procedures Workshop, Brussels, Belgium

8-11 Sept 2019 IABR Breath Summit 2019, Loughborough, UK

6-7 Nov 2019 SRE 2019 Event , Helsinki, Finland

TOXI-Triage at Altitude London Loughborough Game Changers Reception 26 June 2019

International experts and influential stake-holders – including leaders in the NHS, po-lice, military and ambulance service – attended the Loughborough University TOXI-triage research showcase at Altitude 360, London on 26 June. TOXI-Triage part-ners (pictured above) exhibited some of the technologies developed during the project.

Forthcoming Milestones and Deliverables

WWW.toxi-triage.eu

If you have any news to share for the next issue of the Project Log, please contact Lois: L.E.Child@lboro.ac.uk

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No. Milestone name D-D

MS39 Evaluation Workshop on the Clinical investiga-tions of prototype devices 46

MS40 Completion of field exercises 45

MS41 Final report first draft 48

No Deliverable name D-D

3.3

Database of biomarkers of exposure to chemical, radiological and nuclear haz-ards (+ Technical Annex [SP-C-T])

44

2.3 Triage verification facility 46

2.4 Proceedings of meeting on Verification of C-detection methods and procedures 46

5.3 Casualty tracing system implementa-tion

44

7.7 Standardisation and harmonisation for detection systems on the semantic web

44

6.3 FTX DISPERSE 45

2.7 A verified operational guidance tool for end users 46

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3.4 Report on the Clinical Trials 48

4.6 Laboratory system for B-detection with multiplexed aptamer sensors

48

5.4 Social media data for crises manage-ment operations implementation

48

5.5 TOXI-Triage System Integration 48

6.5 Report on Field Trials 48

7.8 Translation and co-ordination with external governmental CBRN research laboratory

48

8.4 Cross cultural and social factors in planning for crises management

48

8.5 Messages for clear and compelling communication during crises manage-ment

48

TOXI-Triage IMAGES & VIDEO LINKS

A reminder that images arising from the project are available on ownCloud. In addition, below are links to three videos from the project.

Iltalehti Video—Finnish TV video with English commentary

What is TOXI-Triage video

Finnish mass casualty exer-cise tests life-saving tech video Reuters

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