Computer-simulated assessment of methods of transporting severely injured individuals in disaster-Case study of an airport accident

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Inoue, Hiroki ^a   Yanagisawa, Shinichiro ^b   Kamae, Isao ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Emergency medical care; FIFO; Priority order of transport; Subgroup sorting; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRPORT PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE; FIFO; PRIORITY ORDER OF TRANSPORT; SUBGROUP SORTING; TRIAGE;

AIRPORTS;

AIRPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WOUND; ACCIDENT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ACCIDENTS; AMBULANCES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33747071534     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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