LIFESAVING SIMPLICITY

Lifesaving, lifetimes and lifetables

Mortality change roils period rates. In the short term, conventional calculations of agespecific probabilities of death and life expectancy in the period immediately after the change depend on how many lives have been saved. In the long term, the probabilities and period life expectancy also depend on how long these lives have been saved. When mortality is changing, calculations of period life ...

Simplicity.

Perhaps the most famous equation in science is E = mc2; it also represents one of the best-known scientific insights. But why does Einstein’s equation about the conservation of energy enjoy such popularity? Is it because it is easily and instinctively understood, or because it is widely taught in schools? I doubt that either explanation is true; rather, its appeal is its elegant simplicity with...

Unstable Values in Lifesaving Decisions

IntroductIon Classical economic approaches to the study of preferences and risky choices assume that human preferences are stable and rational. However, subsequent empirical research has demonstrated that preferences are often constructed and that choices are influenced by a variety of factors that frequently deviate from normative decision-making models. While many of these studies have confir...

Rationing Expensive Lifesaving Medical Resources

Lifesaving after cardiac arrest due to drowning

Lifesaving after cardiac arrest due to drowning Characteristics and outcome Akademisk avhandling som för avläggande av medicine doktorsexamen vid Sahlgrenska Akademin vid Göteborgs Universitet offentligen kommer att försvaras i Sahlgrens aula, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset Fredagen den 20:e September 2013 klockan 13:00 av Andreas Claesson Specialistsjuksköterska inom ambulanssjukvård Fakult...