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Factors influencing the importance of incorporating competencies regarding mass casualty incidents into baccalaureate-degree nursing programs as perceived by currently employed faculty
… agencies can’t handle all aspects of mass casualty events. Healthcare professionals, such as nurses, who are knowledgeable and trained in mass casualty incidents (MCIs) are needed to provide competent care to the victims. Although others expect a knowledgeable nursing response, the …
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Assessment of factors influencing nurses and the casualty department's preparedness for incidents of mass casualty at Nyangabwe referal hospital in Francistown, Botswana.
The increasing incidence of mass casualties globally has resulted in higher fatalities, financial losses, and disruptions in health institutions' service delivery. Health facilities are often overwhelmed by a surge of critically injured or ill patients, compromising their ability to provide timely …
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Assessment of factors influencing nurses and the casualty department's preparedness for incidents of mass casualty at Nyangabwe referal hospital in Francistown, Botswana.
The increasing incidence of mass casualties globally has resulted in higher fatalities, financial losses, and disruptions in health institutions' service delivery. Health facilities are often overwhelmed by a surge of critically injured or ill patients, compromising their ability to provide timely …
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Optimization Models Addressing Emergency Management Decisions During a Mass Casualty Incident Response
… our operational research knowledge to model mass casualty incidents, we seek to provide solutions and insights for the emergency managers. This dissertation proposes a novel deterministic model to optimize the casualty transportation and treatment decisions in response to a MCI. This …
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Decision Support for Casualty Triage in Emergency Response
Mass-casualty incidents (MCI) cause a sudden increase in demand of medical resources in a region. The most important and challenging task in addressing an MCI is managing overwhelmed resources with the goal of increasing total number of survivors. Currently, most of the decisions following an MCI …
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An analysis of health facility preparedness for major incidents in Kampala
Background & Objectives: Major incidents occur commonly in Uganda, but little is known about either local hazards which risk causing major incidents, or health system preparedness for such events. Understanding risk and current preparedness is the first step in improving response. Methods: We …
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Major incidents in the Western Cape, South Africa: a descriptive study
… event (such as an earthquake or tidal wave), a mass casualty situation may occur from a natural or man-made source (such as a mass transportation collision, or industrial fire). In many higher income countries, mass casualty situations tend to be referred to as Major Incidents. Although a …
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Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality for Mass Casualty Incident Triage
… particularly in high-risk environments such as mass casualty incident (MCI) tri-age. However, developing practical and effective AR tools for this purpose necessitates a meticulous user-centered design (UCD) process, thoughtfully crafted and validated through iterative testing with first …