Emergency airway management is associated with a high complication rate. Evaluating the patient prior to airway management is important to identify patients with increased risk of failed airways. Pre-oxygenation of critically ill patients is less effective in comparison to less sick patients. Induction agents are often required, but most induction agents are associated with hypotension during e...

This paper explores issues of security, privacy and liberty arising in relation to ICT supported emergency management. The aim is to inform the design of emergency management information systems (EMIS) and architectures that support emergent interoperability and assembly of emergency management systems of systems. We show how transformations of social and material practices of privacy boundary ...

By presenting emergency management organizations of developed countries as early adopter of RFID in emergency management, this paper aims to minimize the disastrous impacts of emergencies currently faced by mankind; especially in developing countries. We conduct a study in the context of RFID adoption in emergency management and seek to answer the question What are the contributing factors in t...

Preparing for man-made and natural emergencies requires both analysis of potential crisis situations and training those who are responsible for dealing with the crises; from first responders at the local level up to national leaders. Models and simulations can be used to analyze the adequacy of emergency management procedures and response plans, to give local, state and national leaders practic...

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or of DARPA ATO. ii Abstract The ability for emergency first responders to access sensitive information for which they have not been pre-vetted can save lives and property. We describe a trusted emergency manag...

Competitiveness and survivability of many companies today does not only depend on their products and development processes. It also strongly depends on how effective the organizations are in managing emergency software problems. Despite this, there is only one process model dealing with software emergencies. It is CM 3 : Emergency Problem Management. In this paper, we evaluate CM 3 : Emergency ...

Background: Lisdexamfetamine is a stimulant used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Limited data exist regarding the presentation and management of patients with lisdexamfetamine toxicity. Case Presentation: A 17-year-old female with history of prior suicide attempt presented to the emergency department after ingestion of 50 lisdexamfetamine 40 mg capsules which belo...

Through first-responder access to sensitive information for which they have not been pre-vetted, lives and property can be saved. We describe enhancements to a trusted emergency information management (EIM) system that securely allows for extraordinary access to sensitive information during a crisis. A major component of the architecture is the end-user device, the security of which is enhanced...

We present an ongoing project aimed to support the management of the procedures, mainly the handling of emergency calls, for the centralized regional emergency management agency (Protezione Civile Regionale in Italian). The main goal consists in enabling the sharing of information among different active locations that are in charge of acting in any emergency which occurs on the territory. We pr...