Decision making as a part of nuclear power plant operations is a critical, but common, task. Plant management is forced to make decisions that may have safety and economic consequences. Formal decision theory offers the potential for a structured approach capable of taking into account risk-related aspects (plant and worker safety, for instance) and, at the same time, important factors like eco...

Antarctica is one of the most remote regions on Earth. Mass casualty incident (MCI) responses in Antarctica are prone to complications from multiple environmental and operational challenges. This review of the current status of MCI risks and response strategies for Antarctica focuses on aeromedical evacuation, a critical component of many possible MCI scenarios. Extreme cold and weather, a lack...

A. Donner, C. Adler, M. Ben-Amar, and M. Werner 1 DLR, Institute of Communications and Navigation, Münchner Str. 20, 82234 WeßlingOberpfaffenhofen, Germany 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Departement Psychologie, Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 München, Germany 3 Euro-DMS Ltd., Anzengruberstr. 10A, 82140 Olching, Germany 4 TriaGnoSys GmbH, Argelsrieder Feld 22, 82234 Weßling, Germany anton.donn...

PURPOSE To describe the history, composition, and activities of the Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN). The Radiation Injury Treatment Network® is a cooperative effort of the National Marrow Donor Program and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. The goals of RITN are to educate hematologists, oncologists, and stem cell transplant practitioners about their potential ...

Concrete is basic construction material used for most structures. However, the vital structures have to be designed as selfprotective such as nuclear plants, power plants, weapon industries, weapons storage places, water retaining structures, highway structures, and etc. These structures should have to be offer self shield against any natural disaster tragedy incidents and intentionally produce...

emotion regulation difficulties are from the factors that caused the incidents and automobile accidents and work related. this study aimed to comparing emotion regulation difficulties in mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) patients and normal people in kashan.the study was performed on 30 tbi patients referred to shahid beheshti hospital in kashan city and 30 normal people in kashan. tbi patients...

We reviewed all patient safety incidents reported to the UK National Patient Safety Agency between August 2006 and February 2007 from intensive care or high dependency units. Incidents involving equipment were then categorised. A total of 12 084 incidents were submitted from 151 organisations (median (range) 40 (1-634) per organisation). Of these, 1021 incidents were associated with use of equi...

To discover new experience-based clinical and care delivery knowledge learned in the Iraq and Afghanistan combat zones, 107 Air Force, Army, and Navy nurses were interviewed. Eight areas of experiential knowledge were identified in the new care delivery system that featured rapid transport, early trauma and surgical care, and expeditious aeromedical evacuation: (1) organizing for mass casualtie...

BACKGROUND During a mass casualty incident, evacuation of patients to the appropriate health care facility is critical to survival. Despite this, no existing system provides the evidence required to make informed evacuation decisions from the scene of the incident. To mitigate this absence and enable more informed decision making, a web based spatial decision support system (SDSS) was developed...