Pre-hospital simulation model for medical disaster management

Christophe Ullrich, Filip Van Utterbeeck, Emilie Dejardin, Michel Debacker, Erwin Dhondt

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Abstract

Medical disaster management research aims at identifying methodologies and rules of best practice and evaluates performance and outcome indicators for medical disaster management. However, the conduct of experimental studies is either impossible or ethically inappropriate. We generate realistic victim profiles for medical disaster simulations based on medical expertise. These profiles are used in a medical disaster model where victim entities evolve in parallel through a medical response model and a victim pathway model. The medical response model focuses on the pre-hospital phase which includes triage procedures, evacuation processes and medical processes. Medical decisions such as whether to evacuate or to treat the current victim are based on the RPM (respiratory rate, pulse rate, motor response) parameters of the victim. We present results for a simulated major road accident and show how the level of resource can influence outcome indicators.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation
Subtitle of host publicationMaking Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
Pages2432-2443
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 43rd Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 8 Dec 201311 Dec 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013

Conference

Conference2013 43rd Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period8/12/1311/12/13

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