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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"mass casualty"”.
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Prehospital pain management in mass casualty scenarios: a scoping review
Background: Effective pain management in mass casualty scenarios (MCS) is critical due to the high prevalence of severe pain and its association with increased morbidity. MCS, defined as incidents where patient care needs exceed available resources, pose unique challenges for prehospital care …
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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The collaborative capacity of the NYPD, FDNY, and EMS in New York City : a focus on the first line officer
… supported from the top down. The management of a mass casualty incident requires a synergistic approach among the first responding agencies. The time to start collaboration is not by exchanging business cards at the scene of an incident.
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Narratives of Exclusion: Gender, Sex, Islamophobia, and Violence in American Political Discourse
… and media attempts to Islamicize instances of mass casualty violence. In each of these case studies, Islam functions as a stable signifier of violence, repression, and extremism employed to define and regulate discursive boundaries around morality, modernity, and national belonging. My analysis …
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Investigating Injury Pathology of Blast-induced Polytrauma and Assessing the Therapeutic Role of Hemostatic Nanoparticles after Blast Exposure
… P. Halpern, M. C. Tsai and H. Smithline (2004). "Mass casualty terrorist bombings: a comparison of outcomes by bombing type." Ann Emerg Med 43(2): 263-273. Clemedson, C. J., Granstom, S.A. (1950). "Studies on the genesis of "rib markings" in lung blast injury." Acta Physiol Scand. 21: 131-144. …
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Using Pressure Transducers for Noninvasive Heart and Respiratory Monitoring
… has the potential to save lives specifically in mass casualty situations. It would be a force multiplier, allowing a single responder to monitor multiple casualties, saving time and lives.
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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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Al Shabaab as a transnational actor : a critical theoretical analysis
… militant group, Al Shabaab, has conducted mass casualty transnational terrorist attacks and has become a regional security threat. In an effort to uncover the best explanation of the drivers behind the group's use of transnational terror, a critical analysis of Rational Choice Theory, …
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Design and prototyping of a low-cost portable mechanical ventilator
… portable mechanical ventilator for use in mass casualty cases and resource-poor environments. The ventilator delivers breaths by compressing a conventional bag-valve mask (BVM) with a pivoting cam arm, eliminating the need for a human operator for the BVM. An initial prototype was built out …
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Disaster nursing or nursing in disaster: a case study approach to investigate the future requirements of disaster nursing in Norway.
… evaluation of nurses’ role in disasters and mass casualty events with particular reference to remote community settings. Nurses in particular are important in order to reduce the effect of a disaster on the affected population and growing awareness of disaster facilitates and opens up …
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An analysis of health facility preparedness for major incidents in Kampala
… hazards specifically bomb threats, road crash mass casualty incidents, civil disorder and epidemics posed the highest risk to all four hospitals and yet preparation and response measures were inadequate. Conclusion: Hospitals in Kampala face a wide range of hazards and frequent major incidents …
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Glycan polymeric prodrugs against pulmonary intracellular alveolar infections
… administration to deliver drugs; however, in a mass casualty setting, intravenous injections may not be practical. Therefore, new strategies are needed to improve the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating intracellular pulmonary infections. This work utilizes RAFT polymerization techniques to …
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A Patient Risk Minimization Model for Post-Disaster Medical Delivery Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
… for quantifying patient risk is based on mass casualty triage decision-making systems, specifically the emergency severity index, which focuses on sorting patients into categories based on the type of injury and risk of deterioration if additional assistance is not provided. Each level of …
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