Aeromedical Evacuation : Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44363
William W. Hurd, William Beninati, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive resource on long-distance air transport of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. It discusses the history of aeromedical evacuation, triage and staging of the injured patient, evacuation from site of injury to medical facility, air-frame capabilities, medical capabilities in- flight, response to in-flight emergencies, and mass emergency evacuation. Specific medical conditions are addressed in detail in…
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- Hurd, William W.
- Beninati, William
- Responsibility
- William W. Hurd, William Beninati, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 418 p.) : 125 illus., 81 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030159030
- 9783030159023 (Print ed.)
- 9783030159047 (Print ed.)
- 9783030159054 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Ambulances
- Critical Care - methods
- Emergency Medical Services
- Rescue Work
- Transportation of Patients
- Specialty
- Emergency Medicine
- Abstract
- Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive resource on long-distance air transport of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. It discusses the history of aeromedical evacuation, triage and staging of the injured patient, evacuation from site of injury to medical facility, air-frame capabilities, medical capabilities in- flight, response to in-flight emergencies, and mass emergency evacuation. Specific medical conditions are addressed in detail in the second half of the book, including general surgical casualties such as abdominal wounds and soft tissue injuries, vascular injuries, maxillofacial injuries, head and spinal cord injuries, ophthalmologic casualties, orthopedic casualties, burns, pediatric casualties, obstetric-gynecologic casualties, and more. For each medical condition, important topics are addressed such as conditions needed to be met before transportation, special concerns, supplies and needs of the specific patients and possible in-flight emergencies and their appropriated treatment. Containing several new chapters and featuring extensively updated contributions from experts in the field, Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of the Acute and Stabilized Patient, Second Edition is a must-have reference for a whole new generation of military flight surgeons and flight nurses responsible for aeromedical evacuation of casualties as well as civilian physicians and nurses involved in air transport of ill and post-operative patients.
- Contents
- Part I. The Need -- Introduction -- Aeromedical Evacuation: A Historical Perspective -- Military Casualty Evacuation: MEDEVAC -- Civilian Air Medical Transport -- Part II. The Means -- Aircraft Considerations for Aeromedical Evacuation -- Preparation for Long-Distance Aeromedical Evacuation -- Aeromedical Patient Staging -- Military Aeromedical Evacuation Nursing -- Critical-Care Air Transport: Patient Flight Physiology and Organizational Considerations -- Part III. The Patients -- Aeromedical Evacuation of Patients with Abdominal, Genitourinary, and Soft Tissue Injuries -- Orthopedic Patients -- Aeromedical Evacuation of the Neurosurgical Patient -- Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Patients -- Care of Ophthalmic Casualties -- Peripheral Vascular Casualties -- Aeromedical Evacuation of Cardiothoracic Casualties -- Burn Casualties -- Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation -- Medical Casualties -- Aeromedical Evacuation of Patients with Contagious Infections -- Aeromedical Evacuation of Obstetric and Gynecological Patients -- Overview of Pediatric and Neonatal Transport -- Aeromedical Evacuation of Psychiatric Casualties.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Auerbach's wilderness medicine
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editor Paul S. Auerbach ; associate editors Tracy A. Cushing, N. Stuart Harris.
(7th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, c2017.
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Now in its 7th edition, Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine continues to help you quickly and decisively manage medical emergencies encountered in any wilderness or other austere setting. World-renowned authority Dr. Paul Auerbach and 2 new associate editors have assembled a team of experts to offer proven, practical, visual guidance for effectively diagnosing and treating the full range of issues that can occur in situations where time and resources are scarce. Now in an exciting 2-volume set tha…
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- Auerbach, Paul S.
- Responsibility
- editor Paul S. Auerbach ; associate editors Tracy A. Cushing, N. Stuart Harris
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Wilderness medicine
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 2848 p.
- ISBN
- 9780323359429
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wilderness Medicine
- Emergency Treatment - methods
- Recreation
- Rescue Work
- Survival
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Outdoor medical emergencies
- First aid in illness and injury
- Wilderness Medicine
- Emergency Treatment - methods
- Environmental Exposure
- Rescue Work
- Survival
- Abstract
- Now in its 7th edition, Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine continues to help you quickly and decisively manage medical emergencies encountered in any wilderness or other austere setting. World-renowned authority Dr. Paul Auerbach and 2 new associate editors have assembled a team of experts to offer proven, practical, visual guidance for effectively diagnosing and treating the full range of issues that can occur in situations where time and resources are scarce. Now in an exciting 2-volume set that includes convenient online access, this indispensable resource equips physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, first responders, and rescuers with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively address and prevent injuries and illnesses – no matter where they happen.
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- Registration required for PDF access.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Auerbach's wilderness medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50402
Auerbach, Paul.
(7th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2017.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Auerbach, Paul
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9780323359429
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wilderness Medicine
- Emergency Treatment - methods
- Recreation
- Rescue Work
- Survival
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Catastrophic disaster planning and response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30677
Oliver, Clifford.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, 2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Oliver, Clifford
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 376 p.
- ISBN
- 9781439841754
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disasters
- Disaster Planning
- Rescue Work
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Confined space entry and emergency response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22456
Veasey, D. Alan.
--Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley-Interscience
, 2006.
- Call Number
- WB 105 C748 2006
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WB 105 C748 2006
- Author
- Veasey, D. Alan
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 486 p. + 1 CD-ROM
- ISBN
- 0471778451
- 9780471778455
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergencies
- Rescue Work
- Confined spaces
- Protective Devices
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Counter-terrorism for emergency responders
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22435
Burke, Robert.
(2nd ed.)
--Boca Raton, FL:
Taylor and Francis
, 2007.
- Call Number
- WB 105 B959c 2007
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WB 105 B959c 2007
- Author
- Burke, Robert
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 510 p.
- ISBN
- 0849399238
- 9780849399237
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Emergency Responders
- Emergency Medical Services - methods
- Rescue Work - methods
- Hazardous Substances
- Terrorism
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Drowning : Prevention, Rescue, Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39625
Joost J.L.M. Bierens, editor.
(Second edition)
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
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Since the first edition of the Handbook on Drowning in 2005, many epidemiological data have confirmed the burden of drowning in several parts of the world. Studies have increased the understanding of effective drowning prevention strategies, rescue techniques, and treatment options. Much has been learned about submersion and immersion hypothermia, SCUBA-diving injuries, the life-saving preparations of water-related disasters and how to deal with forensic investigations. In this updated second e…
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- Bierens, Joost J.L.M
- Responsibility
- Joost J.L.M. Bierens, editor
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxviii, 1269 p. : 192 illus., 120 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642042539
- 9783642042522 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Drowning - prevention & control
- Near Drowning - therapy
- Rescue Work - methods
- Resuscitation - methods
- Abstract
- Since the first edition of the Handbook on Drowning in 2005, many epidemiological data have confirmed the burden of drowning in several parts of the world. Studies have increased the understanding of effective drowning prevention strategies, rescue techniques, and treatment options. Much has been learned about submersion and immersion hypothermia, SCUBA-diving injuries, the life-saving preparations of water-related disasters and how to deal with forensic investigations. In this updated second edition, experts from around the world provide a complete overview of current research data, consensus statements and expert opinions. The book Drowning provides evidence-based practical information and has a unique informative value for various groups with tasks, duties and responsibilities in this domain. In addition, the book may be an inspiration for future networks and research initiatives.
- Contents
- Introduction -- History -- The Epidemiology of Drowning -- The Prevention of Drowning -- Rescue Organisational Aspects: Planning, Training and Preparation -- Rescue Techniques -- Resuscitation -- Hospital Treatment -- Brain Resuscitation in the Drowning Victim -- Immersion Hypothermia -- Water-related Disasters -- Breath-hold, SCUBA and Hose Diving -- Investigation of Drowning Accidents -- Important Websites.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Fire and Rescue Services : Leadership and Management Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43361
Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the comp…
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- Murphy, Peter
- Greenhalgh, Kirsten
- Responsibility
- Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : 14 illus., 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319621555
- 9783319621531 (print ed.)
- 9783319621548 (print ed.)
- 9783319872438 (print ed.)
- Other Subjects
- United Kingdom
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the complex challenges typical of functioning within local and national political contexts. Chapters take on a broad range of management, leadership, service delivery, and staffing concerns, including: Evolution and adaptation of fire and rescue services during periods of expansion and austerity; Civil protection as a local and national priority; Structural issues: assessments and improvements, collaborations with other services; Emerging social concerns: diversity, gender equality, the aging worker population; The concepts and consequences of heroes and heroism; Future directions for governance, transparency, and accountability. Fire and Rescue Services complements the earlier volumes in the Leadership & Management of Emergency Services series with equal parts realism and vision. It should interest a wide audience of public policymakers, public managers, and emergency service personnel, as well as academics and researchers.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Gathering Storm: Modernisation, Local Alignment and Collaboration. Fire and Rescue Services Under the Early New Labour Administrations from 1997 to 2005 -- 3. Consolidation and Improvement: Fire and Rescue Under the New Labour Administrations 2005–2010 -- 4. Another Turn of the Screw: Fire and Rescue Under the Coalition Government of 2010–2015 -- 5. Peer Challenge: A Sector-Led Approach to Performance Improvement in Fire and Rescue Services -- 6. Collaboration in the Emergency Services -- 7. Governance and Accountability to Service Users -- 8. The Making of a Hero: An Exploration of Heroism in Disasters and Implications for the Emergency Services -- 9. Older Firefighters: A Problem to Be Managed or a Resource to Be Valued? -- 10. Feeling the Heat? Management Reform and Workforce Diversity in the English Fire Service -- 11. The Use of Equality and Equality Frameworks by Fire and Rescue Services -- 12. Governance Matters -- 13. Scottish Fire and Rescue Services Reform 2010–2015 -- 14. Command and Control of Fire and Rescue Operations in Sweden -- 15. 2016 and the Future: Changing the Governance Paradigm as Well as the Operating Environment if Not the Financial Context.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of emergency response : a human factors and systems engineering approach
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edited by Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2014.
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- Online
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- Other Authors
- Badiru, Adedeji Bodunde
- Racz, LeeAnn
- Responsibility
- edited by Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 724 p.)
- Series Title
- Industrial innovation series
- ISBN
- 9781466514577 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Emergency Responders
- Ergonomics
- Rescue Work - methods
- Rescue Work - organization & administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management - Technological innovations
- Rescue work
- Survival and emergency equipment
- Incident command systems
- Human engineering
- Contents
- Contents: Robotic technologies for first response: A review -- A practical, simplified chemical agent sensor placement methodology -- Harnessing disruptive technologies: Quick systems engineering for emergency response -- An emerging framework for unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system: Opportunities and challenges for first responders and emergency management -- Optimization in evacuation route planning -- Evacuation planning, analysis, and management -- Hierarchical optimization for helicopter mission planning in large-scale emergencies -- Planning and management of transportation systems for evacuation -- Riverflow prediction for emergency response: Military applications using artificial neural networks -- Understanding the influence of the "cry wolf hypothesis" and "false alarm effect" on public response to emergency warnings -- Accessible emergency management: A human factors engineering approach -- Framework for preparing for the unprepared -- Lest we forget: A critical analysis of bioterrorist incidents, national exercises, and U.S. prevention, response, and recovery strategies -- Resilience to WMD: Communication and active participation are key -- First responders: A biomechanical evaluation of supply distribution -- Dynamics and dangers of therapeutic strategies for organophosphate poisoning: A physiologically based model -- Coordinated project systems approach to emergency response -- Overcoming obstacles to integrated response among incongruent organizations -- Decisions in disaster recovery operations: A game theoretic perspective on organization cooperation -- Integrating Department of Defense response with nongovernmental organizations during a disaster -- Time is a murderer: The cost of critical path drag in emergency response -- Coordination and control in emergency response -- Managing the complexities of incident command -- Begin with the end in mind: An all-hazards systems approach to waste management planning for homeland security incidents -- Creating effective response communications -- Assessing the state of knowledge about emergency management in other countries -- Framework for real-time, all-hazards global situational awareness -- All-hazards response team preparation: Planning and training concepts -- Medical supply chain resiliency in disasters -- Decision support for inland waterways emergency response.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook on Drowning : Prevention, Rescue, Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28323
edited by Joost J. L. M. Bierens.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2006.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Bierens, Joost J. L. M
- Responsibility
- edited by Joost J. L. M. Bierens
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- ISBN
- 9783540296560
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Drowning - prevention & control
- Near Drowning - therapy
- Resuscitation - methods
- Rescue Work - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Managing spontaneous community volunteers in disasters : a field manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30694
Orloff, Lisa.
--London, England:
CRC Press
, 2011.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Orloff, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 312 p.
- ISBN
- 9781439818343
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Rescue Work - organization & administration
- Volunteers
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Mass Casualty Incidents : the nuts and bolts of preparedness and response for acute disasters
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39723
Mauricio Lynn.
(1st ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2016.
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This manual is aimed to provide health care professionals, at the scene and at hospitals, as well as allied organizations, a practical and operational approach for planning the response to mass casualty incidents (MCI's), with emphasis to the types of events that are sudden in nature, resulting in a number of injured or contaminated patients that overwhelm the local health care system. From activation of the MCI plan to the specific medical care of multiple simultaneous patients, the manual off…
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- Author
- Lynn, Mauricio
- Responsibility
- Mauricio Lynn
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 95 p. : 36 illus., 5 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493934966
- 9781493934942 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning - organization & administration
- Emergency Medical Services - methods
- Emergency Treatment - methods
- Hospital Planning - methods
- Mass Casualty Incidents
- Rescue Work
- Abstract
- This manual is aimed to provide health care professionals, at the scene and at hospitals, as well as allied organizations, a practical and operational approach for planning the response to mass casualty incidents (MCI's), with emphasis to the types of events that are sudden in nature, resulting in a number of injured or contaminated patients that overwhelm the local health care system. From activation of the MCI plan to the specific medical care of multiple simultaneous patients, the manual offers checklists and algorithms of "what to do" during the first minutes after a MCI occurred. The manual is designed to be adapted and modified for specific institutions according to their size and capabilities. Written by a world expert in the field of MCI management, Mass Casualty Incidents: The Nuts and Bolts of Preparedness and Response for Acute Disasters is a valuable resource for all health care professionals and institutions that deal with mass casualty incidents.
- Contents
- 1. General Information -- 2. Pre-hospital Planning and Response to Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents -- 3. Hospital Planning and Response to Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents -- 4. Other Sudden Mass Casualty Incidents -- 5. Challenges Related to Mass Casualty Incidents.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Modeling the Injury Flow and Treatment after Major Earthquakes
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40447
Lulu Zhang, editor.
--Dordrecht:
Springer Netherlands
, c2016.
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This book discuss a series of earthquake emergency medical rescue complex models, which can provide theoretical support for medical disaster rescue work in the future. This book consists of three parts. The first part is an introduction (chapter 1) which makes an overview of the purpose, meaning, methods and relative theory using in the research. The second part (chapter 2 to 8) includes "casualty flow" related factors such as the occurrences of earthquake casualty, the Length of Stay among the…
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- Zhang, Lulu
- Responsibility
- Lulu Zhang, editor
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (v, 215 p. : 45 illus., 38 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9789401775274
- 9789401775250 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Earthquakes
- Models, Statistical
- Rescue Work
- Abstract
- This book discuss a series of earthquake emergency medical rescue complex models, which can provide theoretical support for medical disaster rescue work in the future. This book consists of three parts. The first part is an introduction (chapter 1) which makes an overview of the purpose, meaning, methods and relative theory using in the research. The second part (chapter 2 to 8) includes "casualty flow" related factors such as the occurrences of earthquake casualty, the Length of Stay among the Hospitalized Patients, the medical evacuation in earthquake and rescue force related factors such as the medical rescue forces allocation in earthquake, the organization and command of earthquake rescue forces, Location and Distribution of Medical Rescue Institutions and from peacetime to wartime in hospital. The third part (chapter 9) is a summary including conclusion and policy-making suggestion. Editor Lu-lu Zhang is a Professor at the Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Modeling the occurrences of earthquake casualties -- Logistic Regression Modeling the Length of Stay among the Hospitalized Patients after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake -- Modeling earthquake-related medical evacuation -- Modeling the medical rescue forces allocation in earthquakes -- Modeling the organization and command of earthquake rescue forces -- Modeling Location and Distribution of Medical Support Institutions -- Modeling hospital transition from peacetime to wartime -- Summary.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
