TY - GEN
T1 - Simedis 2.0
T2 - 2018 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2018
AU - De Rouck, Ruben
AU - Debacker, Michel
AU - Hubloue, Ives
AU - Koghee, Selma
AU - Van Utterbeeck, Filip
AU - Dhondt, Erwin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - Mass casualty incidents still cause a huge amount of deaths and injuries in the 21st century. Research on these events is challenging due to inherent ethical and logistical difficulties. Computer simulation models can overcome these difficulties, and offer evidence on which to base policy and decisions. In this paper a discrete event simulation model is described, designed to analyze prehospital policies and commonly made decisions. We studied an airplane crash scenario and analyzed mortality as a primary and treatment and transport times as secondary outcome measures. We implemented resource dispatching, search and rescue at the disaster site, triage, treatment and evacuation of victims to healthcare facilities. Overall we conclude that for this particular scenario - where treatment capacity is sufficient - the best outcome for victims can be achieved by the combination of triage, pre-triage and quick distribution of victims to regional hospitals.
AB - Mass casualty incidents still cause a huge amount of deaths and injuries in the 21st century. Research on these events is challenging due to inherent ethical and logistical difficulties. Computer simulation models can overcome these difficulties, and offer evidence on which to base policy and decisions. In this paper a discrete event simulation model is described, designed to analyze prehospital policies and commonly made decisions. We studied an airplane crash scenario and analyzed mortality as a primary and treatment and transport times as secondary outcome measures. We implemented resource dispatching, search and rescue at the disaster site, triage, treatment and evacuation of victims to healthcare facilities. Overall we conclude that for this particular scenario - where treatment capacity is sufficient - the best outcome for victims can be achieved by the combination of triage, pre-triage and quick distribution of victims to regional hospitals.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062611366&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WSC.2018.8632369
DO - 10.1109/WSC.2018.8632369
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85062611366
T3 - Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
SP - 2713
EP - 2724
BT - WSC 2018 - 2018 Winter Simulation Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 9 December 2018 through 12 December 2018
ER -