Modeling the Injury Flow and Treatment after Major Earthquakes / edited by Lulu Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhang, Lulu, 1964- editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Medicine (Springer-11650)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine.

Emergency Medicine.

Public Health.

Local Subjects:

Emergency Medicine.

Public Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (V, 215 pages) : 45 illustrations, 38 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book discuss a series of earthquake emergency medical rescue complex models, which can provide theoretical support for medical disaster rescue work in the future. This book consists of three parts. The first part is an introduction (chapter 1) which makes an overview of the purpose, meaning, methods and relative theory using in the research. The second part (chapter 2 to 8) includes "casualty flow" related factors such as the occurrences of earthquake casualty, the Length of Stay among the Hospitalized Patients, the medical evacuation in earthquake and rescue force related factors such as the medical rescue forces allocation in earthquake, the organization and command of earthquake rescue forces, Location and Distribution of Medical Rescue Institutions and from peacetime to wartime in hospital. The third part (chapter 9) is a summary including conclusion and policy-making suggestion. Editor Lu-lu Zhang is a Professor at the Institute of Military Health Management, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Contents:

Introduction

Modeling the occurrences of earthquake casualties

Logistic Regression Modeling the Length of Stay among the Hospitalized Patients after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake

Modeling earthquake-related medical evacuation

Modeling the medical rescue forces allocation in earthquakes

Modeling the organization and command of earthquake rescue forces

Modeling Location and Distribution of Medical Support Institutions

Modeling hospital transition from peacetime to wartime

Summary.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-94-017-7527-4

9789401775274

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