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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"first responder"”.
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Analysis of Crashes Involving First Responder Vehicles
<p>First responders face many hazards that put their lives at risk while on duty. A review of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund statistics shows that 553 police officers died in the line-of-duty between 2008 and 2017 as a direct result of a traffic related incidents. Sadly, the …
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First Responder Training Transfer: Does Training Delivery Method Matter?
… (ILT). This is especially true for the Nation’s first responder agencies that continue to face difficulties related to expanding training requirements that are pitted against limitations in agency financial and human resources. Despite the proliferation in the use of technology-based training …
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Beyond Crisis Response: Characterizing First Responder Interest in Mental Health Services
Compared to the general public, first responders are at increased risk for mental health conditions such as depression and PTSD. Emergency medical services (EMS) organizations have identified the increased need for mental health programs to support first responders. Worksite mental health programs …
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Auswertung von First Responder Einsätzen in Würzburg und Umgebung : eine 1-Jahresanalyse
Zusammenfassung Das First-Responder-System wurde in Würzburg eingerichtet, um das therapiefreie Intervall bei Notfallpatienten zu verkürzen. Im Jahr 1999 wurden die Würzburger First Responder in 478 Fällen alarmiert. 26% aller Einsätze wurden im Umkreis bis 5 km, 47% bis 10 km, 17% in 10 bis 20 km, …
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First Responder Coping and its Impact on Resilience, PTSD Symptomology, and Hypervigilance
… study investigated coping strategies utilized by first responders and how those strategies relate to resilience, PTSD symptomology, and hypervigilance. The purpose of this study is to help provide more detailed information as to how first responders’ coping impacts their overall functioning. First …
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Training Pre-Licensure Nursing Students As First Responders In Clinical Emergencies
… education for healthcare providers who are first responders giving care to patients whose conditions are deteriorating. However, most nursing programs do not include education about the role of first responders during clinical emergencies in the pre-licensure curricula. A literature search …
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Étude d’efficacité des techniques de retrait d’équipements sportifs chez des joueurs de football lors de traumatismes vertébraux suspectés en contexte préhospitalier
Purpose: Current recommendations for sports first responder management of football players with suspected spinal injuries, support the removal of the helmet and shoulder pad combination by performing spinal motion restriction (SMR) before any mobilizations and transfers. However, current removal …
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Understanding and Preventing Falls: Perspectives of First Responders and Older Adults
… after a fall, examine the perceptions of first responders from a local fire district regarding falls and fall prevention, explore the degree of depression in older adult fallers, and identify strategies to prevent falls in older adults.</p> <p><strong>METHODS.</strong> This research study …
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Rapid Design and Prototyping Methods for Mobile Head-Worn Mixed Reality (MR) Interface and Interaction Systems
… 3D head-worn display (HWD) systems in the first responder domain. These methods were performed across a series of 13 experiments, resulting in an in-depth analysis of the most effective methods experienced herein and providing suggested paths forward for future researchers in 3D MR HWD …
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Federal policy towards emergency responder interoperability : a path forward
Emergency responders have suffered from a lack of cross-agency radio communications for the past three decades. After numerous firefighters died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, partially due to a lack of interoperability with police officers on the scene, the federal government began …
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The Assessment of Burnout and Resilience in Firefighters
The occupational stress inherent to firefighting has consistently been associated in the literature with a number of adverse physiological and psychological risks. Several investigations have examined the dynamics of firefighter-related stress and job burnout. However, there is little research on …
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OFFENDER MEMORIES OF THEIR CRIMES: EXPLORING THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIENCE OF INTRUSIVE MEMORIES
… examining trauma symptomology in victim, first responder, and veteran populations. This study further demonstrates that the experience of offence-related symptoms like intrusive memories and shame are not limited to forensic psychiatric or homicide perpetrator samples. Enhancing knowledge …
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Simulation And Continuance Of Operation For The Use Of Transit (lynx) To Be Used In Emergency Evacuation Incidents
… and awareness in emergency evacuation and first responder access to emergencies in public locations (airports, transit stations, ports or stadiums), the traffic simulation can be helpful in orchestrating the traffic flow during emergencies. Related to this issue, Federal Transit …
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Using Decoys as a Resiliency Mechanism in Spectrally Harsh DSA Environments
… used to run three network simulation scenarios: First Responder, Military Patrol, and Airborne Network.
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How far can simulation be used to improve inter-team dynamics between emergency teams?
Due to a small population in Iceland first responder teams in different areas must often work together in challenging and hazardous situations. Therefore, responders must know and trust each other’s abilities and strengths. Various responders have different: leadership, culture, structure and more …
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Pulmonary Concerns in Remote Spaceflight Triage Environments
… can be an invaluable tool to a medical first responder supporting spaceflight operations.
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Understanding Law Enforcement Mental Health Communication and Police Officers’ Mental Health Support Preferences: A Grounded Theory Study
… explanation of mental health communication in first responder professions.</p>
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Design of a Humanoid Robot for Disaster Response
… where it needs to complete tasks based on first-responder operations. These tasks, ranging from traversing rough terrain through driving a utility vehicle, suggest a versatile platform in a human sized form factor. A physical experiment of the proposed tasks generated a set of joint range …
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Planning under uncertainty and constraints for teams of autonomous agents
… disaster. Unmanned vehicles can complement human first responders by performing tasks that do not require human expertise (e.g., communication) and supplement them by providing capabilities a human first responder would not have immediately available (e.g., aerial surveillance). However, for …
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Using Pressure Transducers for Noninvasive Heart and Respiratory Monitoring
… to see a change in voltage. The method was first validated, and then tested in a simulated environment. Finally, the device was transformed in to a full system prototype. Human tests were conducted to correlate the signal with that of an industry standard ECG device. This thesis explains how …
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