• DocumentCode
    3274532
  • Title

    Generating and managing realistic victims for medical disaster simulations

  • Author

    Van Utterbeeck, Filip ; Ullrich, Christophe ; Dhondt, Erwin ; Debacker, Michel ; Murray, J.L. ; Van Campen, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., R. Mil. Acad., Brussels, Belgium
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-14 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    2674
  • Lastpage
    2684
  • Abstract
    We propose a methodology to generate realistic victim profiles for medical disaster simulations based on victims from the VictimBase library. We apply these profiles in a medical disaster model where victim entities evolve in parallel through a medical response model and a victim pathway model. These models interact in correspondence with the time triggers and intervention triggers from VictimBase. We show how such a model can be used to assess the impact of asset availability and implemented victim prioritisation rule on the clinical condition of the victims.
  • Keywords
    disasters; medical computing; VictimBase library; intervention triggers; medical disaster model; medical disaster simulations; medical response model; realistic victim profiles; time triggers; victim pathway model; victim prioritisation rule; Biological system modeling; Hospitals; Libraries; Materials; Medical diagnostic imaging; Object oriented modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • ISSN
    0891-7736
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2108-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0891-7736
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSC.2011.6147974
  • Filename
    6147974