Life-threatening medical emergencies are an infrequent but regular occurrence on the football field. Proper prevention strategies, emergency medical planning and timely access to emergency equipment are required to prevent catastrophic outcomes. In a continuing commitment to player safety during football, this paper presents the FIFA Medical Emergency Bag and FIFA 11 Steps to prevent sudden car...

In the decision-making process of city emergency evacuation, due to limited resources and time, and changing situation, it is difficult to make emergency decision accurately and efficiently. Therefore, in this paper, the city emergency evacuation decisionmaking model based on extended OODA loop is constructed. Through task determination and task allocation of emergency evacuation, the emergency...

Pandemic influenza remains a potential major threat to global public health. It is essential for emergency departments to be involved in planning for the management of such a major event. It is also important for emergency departments to be clear on their internal arrangements for staff and for patient care. This paper outlines 10 suggestions for UK emergency departments based on the recent exp...

background: emergency contraception  (ec) has been available in iran, however there has been little research into the extent of knowledge of the actions, effectiveness and attitudes of students about it .the aim of this study was to detect the knowledge and attitudes of university students towards emergency contraception . methods: a survey of 130 university students was conducted at shahrekord...

Recent natural and human-induced emergencies have highlighted the vulnerability of the built environment. Although most emergency events are not entirely unexpected, and the effects can be mitigated, emergency managers in the United Kingdom have not played a sufficiently proactive role in the mitigation of such events. If a resilient and sustainable built environment is to be achieved, emergenc...

The location planning of emergency service stations is crucial, especially in the populated cities with heavy traffic conditions such as Istanbul. In this paper, we propose a Backup Double Covering Model (BDCM), a variant of the well-known Maximal Covering Location Problem, that requires two types of services to plan the emergency service stations. The objective of the model is to maximize the ...

Medical providers at sporting events must be well-trained in the care of cardiac emergencies. Optimal outcomes are most likely achieved through comprehensive emergency planning that ensures prompt and appropriate care. The diversity of athletic venues, as well as the age and competition level of different athlete populations, present challenges to the provision of appropriate emergency care in ...

Emergency unit plays vital role in the hospital which is used to treat the patient who needs an immediate treatment. Critical patients need to be treated immediately, which requires sufficient resources. Resource planning is a most important scenario which needs to be considered while treating the patients in Emergency Department (ED) of hospitals by providing sufficient resources. Using simula...

Some jurisdictions have reduced workforce and reallocated responsibilities for public health preparedness and emergency management to more efficiently use resources and improve planning and response. Key informant interviews were conducted in six counties in North Carolina (USA) to discuss perceptions of the challenges and opportunities provided by the new shared positions. Respondents feel tha...

nétics for prepackaged emergency contraceptive pills. The application was approved, and the company began marketing the product (under the trade name Preven) in September 1998. This development presumably indicates a more open and positive policy climate for emergency contraception, and the product should lead to standardization of postcoital contraception service delivery at the clinic level. ...