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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing a Mass Casualty Incident Management System [PDF]
, 2011 Efficient emergency management requires on the one hand collecting distributed pieces of information in order to get an aggregated situation overview, and on the other hand distributing and presenting the gathered information to all levels of decision ...
Adler, Christine +6 more
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Personnel Casualty Assessment for Explosion in the Subway Platform
Shock and Vibration, 2019 The subway station is easy to be attacked by terrorist bombings, and it will cause heavy casualties. In this paper, a comprehensive casualty assessment method for personnel in the subway structure was established based on the existing personnel injury ...
Jinju Zhang, Liqiong Wang
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Energies, 2021 The cross beam of a long-span bridge will freeze in low temperature. When the temperature rises, the ice on the cross beam will thaw and fall off. If the ice is too heavy, it may cause vehicle damage and casualty.
Zhi-Yong Yang +4 more
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Challenge Patient Dispatching in Mass Casualty Incidents [PDF]
, 2012 Efficient management of mass casualty incidents is complex, since regular emergency medical services struc-tures have to be switched to a temporary “disaster mode” involving additional operational and tactical struc-tures.
Adler, Christine +3 more
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Prolonged Stabilization During a Mass Casualty Incident at Sea in the Era of Distributed Maritime Operations [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2020 Abstract In August 2017, the USS Bataan received a mass casualty incident (MCI) of 6 foreign special forces operators after a helicopter crash. All 6 patients were medically evacuated successfully to the USS Bataan, and all patients survived and were successfully returned to their allied country. Four of the patients received whole blood
William G, Day +5 more
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A dasymetric method to spatially apportion tornado casualty counts
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2017 This paper describes a dasymetric technique to spatially apportion casualty counts from tornado events in the US Storm Prediction Center's database. Apportionment is a calculation of the number of casualties within the area of the tornado damage path and
Tyler Fricker +3 more
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Historical monograph, Casualty Branch, Military Personnel Division, the Adjutant General's Office.
, 2022 The Casualty Branch was activated on 1 October 1942 and was assigned to the Personnel Division of the Adjutant General's Office. The Branch was charged with the responsibility of notifying the next of kin of casualties occurring to civilians employed by,
Casualty Branch, Military Personnel Division, the Adjutant General's Office
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Challenges Related to Mass Casualty Incidents
, 2016 This last chapter of the manual focuses on special challenges when managing sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs) and includes specific medical tips when handling patients suffering crush and blast injuries, the most common identification processes of ...
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio
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IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents: The e-Triage Project [PDF]
, 2010 Emergencies arise out of disasters and are characterized by limited resources in terms of medical personnel and infrastructure, underlining the importance of mobilizing regional, supra-regional and/or international help to the affected regions. Effective
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InfrastructuresHighway–rail grade crossing (HRGC) safety has improved substantially over recent decades through engineering upgrades, active warning systems, crossing closures, enforcement, and public education. Recent national trends, however, suggest that these gains
Raj Bridgelall
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