Abstract In this study, we developed a vehicle allocation model that can meet the requirements and cost best, data related to number of calls in each zone, variability required respond different types calls. First, several indicators are extracted quantify advantages station construction hierarchical analysis method TOPSIS used score then select stations need be built according score. Subsequen...

INTRODUCTION Crowd control is essential to the handling of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). This is the task of the police at the site of the incident. For a hospital, responsibility falls on its security forces, with the police assuming an auxiliary role. Crowd control is difficult, especially when the casualties are due to riots involving clashes between rioters and police. This study uses dat...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this regional study across Wales was to perform a preliminary examination of Welsh emergency vehicles to determine levels of bacterial contamination. METHODS Specific sites within emergency vehicles were swabbed, before and after vehicle cleaning, over a 12 month period, on a monthly basis. All swabs were sent to pathology laboratories for culturing and analysis. ...

introduction: finding the probable governing pattern of peep and cvp changes is an area of interest for in-charge physicians and researchers. therefore, the present study was designed with the aim of evaluating the relationship between the mentioned pressures. methods: in this quasi-experimental study, patients under mechanical ventilation were evaluated with the aim of assessing the effect of ...

introduction: acute traumatic coagulopathy (atc) is defined as having evidence of coagulopathy in patients with severe trauma. the aim of this preliminary study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of atc in severely traumatic patients presenting to emergency department (ed). methods: in this retrospective cross sectional study, all patients with severe traumatic injury and avail...

1Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Lebanon 2Chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital, Lebanon 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 4Department of Radiology, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Saint George Hospital University Medi...

Objective: To determine the impact of community socioeconomic status on emergency medical services (EMS) response time for fatal vehicle crashes.Methods: We used 2019 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System and 2019-2020 Area Health Resource Files to obtain EMS intervals county characteristics (median household income, availability trauma centers, rural...

To achieve automation in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) environments, it is preferred that integrations for existing traffic management systems as well as various vehicle-centered systems can be done without major modification. This is in particular essential for an automated emergency vehicle preemption system, where traffic signal preemption should be more accurate, smooth, and safe....