Publication Findings
Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER): An Innovative Emergency Management Tool in the United States.

Evaluation of CASPER trainings and usefulness of CASPER assessments

Comparing four operational SAR-based water and flood detection approaches.

Application domainInput remotesensing dataAuxiliary dataWater probability mask generatedWeb interface

Computer-based collaborative training for transportation security and emergency response

Critical objectives for emergency operations:Inter-agency communicationCollaboration with other state agenciesResource and personnel deploymentStandard emergency procedure implementation (e.g., standard operations procedures (SOP), response plans (RP))Agency chain of command/team buildingPublic communication

Context-Specific, Scenario-Based Risk Scales.

Kemeny rankingContext-Specific, Scenario-Based ScaleInternal consistencyScale reliability

Conventional Medical Education and the History of Simulation in Radiology

Main categories for assessing simulation skills: •Psychometric Tools for Interpersonal/Communication Skills•Checklists for procedural skills•Pretests and posttests for knowledge

Crisis leadership in an acute clinical setting: christchurch hospital, new zealand ICU experience following the february 2011 earthquake.

Three core formal crisis-leadership themes identified:Decision-makingAbility to remain calmEffective communicationInformal leadership:Motivation to LeadAutonomyEmotional LeadershipCrisis as an OpportunityShared Leadership:within Formal Medical and Nursing Leadership Groupsbetween Formal and Informal Leaders in the ICU

Culpable leaders, trust, emotional exhaustion, and identification during a crisis.

Variables measured: Judgements of leader responsibilityJudgments of external stakeholders’ responsibilityTrust toward leadersEmotional exhaustionOrganizational identificationControl variables

D-DEMATEL: A new method to identify critical success factors in emergency management

Identified CSF in emergency management (in order of importance):•F2 - reasonable organizational structure and clear awareness of responsibilities•F9 - clear procedure of reporting and submitting information•F6 - government unity of leadership to plan and coordinate as a whole•F10 - application of modern logistics technology•F5 - regular organization of simulated disaster exercise•F4 - education campaign on disaster prevention and response

DATA MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR FIRE RELATED EXTREME EVENTS: AN ACTIVITY THEORY APPROACH1.

- Goal Oriented- Function Based- Viewpoint Oriented- Extended Activity Theory Approach

Decentralized Coordination in RoboCup Rescue.

Number of completed tasks

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