For some time now, it has been recognised that a major shift is occurring in the population age distributions of most motorised countries resulting in a growing number of older persons with an increasing need for mobility. It is expected that the mobility of older persons will become even more reliant on the motor vehicle as European countries in particular undergo transitions towards decentral...

Antarctica is one of the most remote regions on Earth. Mass casualty incident (MCI) responses in Antarctica are prone to complications from multiple environmental and operational challenges. This review of the current status of MCI risks and response strategies for Antarctica focuses on aeromedical evacuation, a critical component of many possible MCI scenarios. Extreme cold and weather, a lack...

A. Donner, C. Adler, M. Ben-Amar, and M. Werner 1 DLR, Institute of Communications and Navigation, Münchner Str. 20, 82234 WeßlingOberpfaffenhofen, Germany 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Departement Psychologie, Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 München, Germany 3 Euro-DMS Ltd., Anzengruberstr. 10A, 82140 Olching, Germany 4 TriaGnoSys GmbH, Argelsrieder Feld 22, 82234 Weßling, Germany anton.donn...

emotion regulation difficulties are from the factors that caused the incidents and automobile accidents and work related. this study aimed to comparing emotion regulation difficulties in mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) patients and normal people in kashan.the study was performed on 30 tbi patients referred to shahid beheshti hospital in kashan city and 30 normal people in kashan. tbi patients...

We reviewed all patient safety incidents reported to the UK National Patient Safety Agency between August 2006 and February 2007 from intensive care or high dependency units. Incidents involving equipment were then categorised. A total of 12 084 incidents were submitted from 151 organisations (median (range) 40 (1-634) per organisation). Of these, 1021 incidents were associated with use of equi...

To discover new experience-based clinical and care delivery knowledge learned in the Iraq and Afghanistan combat zones, 107 Air Force, Army, and Navy nurses were interviewed. Eight areas of experiential knowledge were identified in the new care delivery system that featured rapid transport, early trauma and surgical care, and expeditious aeromedical evacuation: (1) organizing for mass casualtie...

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...

In the absence of suitable crash data, speed observation data can give an indication of the effectiveness of speed-related road safety countermeasures. It is proposed that the use of risk-weighted data is more appropriate. The aim of this investigation was to develop a method for risk-weighting speed observation data in both urban and rural areas for use as an evaluation tool. Speed observation...