Top ten knowledge DB entries related to Results are listed below.
Increasing emergency medicine residents' confidence in disaster management: use of an emergency department simulator and an expedited curriculum.

A simulation-based model of Disaster Medicine , requiring approximately eight hours of classroom time.All residents agreed that the course was a valuable experience, and felt that the simulation-based learning module was preferable to a module based solely on didactic lectures. Most felt that the curriculum was of appropriate length at approximately eight hours. Although there was no statistical improvement in test scoring, following the course, residents felt more confident in the ability to manage a disaster, both on an individual and departmental basis.
Educating the Next Generation to Respond to a Bioterrorism Event.

We believe that experiential learning improves the student and instructor experience and ratio, enhances interdisciplinary communication, inculcates a culture of systems analysis and appreciation for the role of systems engineering and information management in countering threats to national security, and gives precollege students an incentive to consider pursuing careers in the sciences.
Context-Specific, Scenario-Based Risk Scales.

We propose measures to assess this aggregated scale’s internal consistency, reliability, and validity, and we discuss how to use the scale effectively.
25 Years of MCDA in nuclear emergency management.

Multi-criteria decision analysis has supplanted cost-benefit analsis (CBA.Inconsistent responses from a variety of decision-making bodies confuse the public.Sensitivity analysis graphs and comparative and sensitivity analysis reports are particularly useful.
Investing in Disaster Management Capabilities versus Pre-positioning Inventory: A New Approach to Disaster Preparedness

We find that pre-positioning inventory produces positive results for the beneficiaries, but at extremely high costs.Investing in disaster management capabilities is an interesting alternative, as it allows lead time reductions of up to 67% (18days) compared to a without preparedness, at significantly lower costs than pre-positioning inventory.However, the results of our mixed scenarios revealed that better results can always be achieved with a combination of pre-positioning inventory and investing in DMC.Recommendations:On the basis of our findings, we recommend that donors finance more preparedness activities in countries prone to disasters.
Proposing 'the burns suite' as a novel simulation tool for advancing the delivery of burns education.

TBS provides a novel, effective simulation to significantly advance the delivery of burns education. Recreating clinical challenge is crucial to optimize simulation . This low-cost approach also has major implications for surgical education, particularly during increasing financial austerity. Alternative scenarios and/or procedures can be recreated within TBS, providing a diverse educational immersive simulation experience
Using Real-Time Decision Tools to Improve Distributed Decision-Making Capabilities in High-Magnitude Crisis Situations.

The MLSVM algorithm was superior to all other available methods in predicting responders’ choices—indicating the high potential value of MLSVM based real-time decision support toolsOur results show that the MLSVM we developed is clearly superior to single stage SVMs in anticipating and understanding behavior 488 Using Real-Time Decision Tools to Improve because one model does not fit all patterns of behaviors
Disaster Preparedness in Philippine Nurses.

Three fourths of the respondents (n = 136, 80%) indicated that they were not fully prepared to respond to disasters, while only 20% (n = 34) acknowledged that they felt they were adequately prepared. Respondents believed that they could function in the primary roles of educator (n = 107, 62.94%), caregiver (n = 104, 61.17%), and counselor (n = 82, 48.24%). More than half of the respondents (n = 98, 57.7%) were not aware of existing protocols of disaster management in the workplace. Courses taken in such areas as first aid (n = 79, 46.4%), field triage (n = 43, 25.29%), and basic cardiac life support (n = 57, 33.53%) were cited as important in preparing for disasters.- Hospital administrators should consider the development and formulation of disaster management protocols and provide appropriate disaster nursing education and . Nursing curricula should incorporate basic principles of disaster management into nursing courses as a framework for addressing this critical deficit.
Mechanisms of Control in Emergent Interorganizational Networks.

This article makes a substantial contribution to understanding the role of network structure in the emergence of control between organizations in disrupted settings.
Improving Communication in Crisis Management by Evaluating the Relevance of Messages.

The purpose of the evaluation is to see if the TAID system is indeed able to determine the relevance of new communications.Taken together the results show that the TAID system can make accurate evaluations of relevance of information for responders in a but that accuracy is lower if the setting is broadened. Another finding is that evaluators do not completely agree on relevance.

 

 

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