Mass casualty modelling: a spatial tool to support triage decision making
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Mass casualty modelling: a spatial tool to support triage decision making
BACKGROUND During a mass casualty incident, evacuation of patients to the appropriate health care facility is critical to survival. Despite this, no existing system provides the evidence required to make informed evacuation decisions from the scene of the incident. To mitigate this absence and enable more informed decision making, a web based spatial decision support system (SDSS) was developed...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Geographics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1476-072X
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072x-10-40