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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Emergency Personnel"”.
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A mutual aid group programme for emergency personnel
… in 2003-2004, involving eight members of emergency services in Stanger, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The emergency personnel included five firefighters and three paramedics. The aim of the study was to develop and evaluate a mutual aid group programme in order to prevent symptoms of …
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Neighbourhood disaster planning
Research indicates the need for emergency personnel to concentrate their efforts on preparedness and mitigation, as opposed to short-term recovery needs. This pro-active approach would necessitate such tasks as building community participation into plans, concentrating on process planning to …
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Emergency personnel's experiences of their role
This thesis explored the experiences of emergency personnel (ambulance clinicians, firefighters and police officers) when encountering potentially traumatic incidents as part of their role. The literature review synthesised the findings from 17 qualitative studies that reported on emergency …
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General physical preparedness of emergency and essential personnel
Emergency and disaster preparedness plans are an essential requirement for most organizations today due to the frequency and complexity of incidents such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, fires and earthquakes and even terrorist attacks. Despite the detailed …
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Saving lives: A historical and ethnographic study of resuscitation techniques
… resuscitation (CPR) and by analyzing how emergency personnel use the technique on a routine basis. The central question through my dissertation is: how does a resuscitation technique receive its shape and how does it shape in turn the world in which it is used?
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Red and white is always right : perspectives from a group of ambulance workers
… an analytic portrayal of the work routines of Emergency Medical Assistants in Vancouver, BC. Topics discussed include work routines, local understandings of events, and interrelationships between emergency personnel, their colleagues, and others. A series of appendices provides details of …
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The development of an interactive computer model for managing geologic hazard databases
… to provide timely information to planners and emergency personnel on demand. In recent years, deaths have occurred associated with both highway rockslides and earthen dam failures in southwest Virginia. In February 1991, a rockfall event occurred on Route U.S. 11 in the City of Radford, VA, …
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Quality-aware voice convergecast in mobile low power wireless networks
… promising alternative for voice communication in emergency scenarios because of their low cost and portability. In order to increase communication amongst moving emergency personnel and disaster victims, we have developed a novel convergecast voice streaming system that guarantees robust voice …
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Post traumatic stress and debriefing in the emergency services.
… on the effects of disaster on both victims and emergency personnel. A number of theoretical conceptualisations are offered to describe how a proportion of those exposed to catastrophic events subsequently develop a variety of disabling conditions. Implications for treatment are discussed, …
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Metamaterial Enhanced Wireless Power Transmission System
… 1891. Applications for the military, consumers, emergency personnel, remote sensors, and others use Tesla’s discovery of wireless power. Wireless power transmission (WPT) has the potential to be a common source of consumable energy, but it will only receive serious consideration if the transmit …
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The emergency transcriber: a situation-aware recording system for noisy acoustic environments
… acoustic tool for teams of first responders and emergency personnel. It constitutes an audio interface for reliably recording and disseminating situation progress as extracted from the team’s audio communications. The tool that we built is intended for emergency teams operating in noisy acoustic …
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Design and testing of a roadside traffic threat alerting mechanism
Every year, law enforcement officials, emergency personnel, and other workers stopped in traffic outside their vehicles are struck by inattentive drivers. Until now, most efforts to prevent these types of accidents have been geared toward making these at-risk parties more conspicuous to oncoming …
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Collaborative Localization Enhancement to the Global Positioning System using Inter-Receiver Range Measurements
… to the benefits it provides, including quicker emergency personnel dispatch, location-aided routing, as well as commercial revenue opportunities through location based services. GPS is the dominant position location system in operation, with 31 operational satellites producing eight line of …
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Analyzing Twitter Data for Emergency Management
… during disastrous events. During emergencies, emergency personnel need to make strategic decisions in a short amount of time, coordinate actions and prioritize tasks. Social media can be a powerful source of information that comes directly from the public; it can reflect public sentiment, …