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Erik Prytz; Anna-Maria Grönbäck; Krisjanis Steins; Craig Goolsby; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Carl-Oscar Jonson |
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Evaluating the Effect of Bleeding Control Kit Locations for a Mass Casualty Incident Using Discrete Event Simulation |
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2020 |
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ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Iscram 2020 |
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167-178 |
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Simulation, Mass Casualty Incident, Tourniquet, Stop the Bleed, Bleeding Control Kit Placement. |
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The purpose of this study was to develop a simulation model to evaluate bleeding control kit location strategies for a mass casualty incident scenario. Specifically, the event simulated was an explosion at a large sports arena. The model included a representation of the arena itself, simulated crowd movements following the detonation of an improvised explosive device, injuries and treatments, and different ways for immediate responders to help injured patients using tourniquets. The simulation model gave logically consistent results in the validation scenarios and the simulation outcomes were in line with the expected outcomes. The results of the different tourniquet location scenarios indicated that decentralized placement (more than one location) is better, easy access is important (between rather than at emergency exits) and that an increased number of available tourniquets will result in an increased number of survivors. |
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Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University; Linköping University; Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University; Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology, and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University |
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Virginia Tech |
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Blacksburg, VA (USA) |
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Amanda Hughes; Fiona McNeill; Christopher W. Zobel |
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English |
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978-1-949373-27-16 |
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2411-3402 |
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Analytical Modeling and Simulation |
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17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Erik.prytz@liu.se |
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2217 |
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