| Longitudinal expandable shelter for medical response during disasters. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20879504 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
INTRODUCTION: During medical emergencies, hospitals represent the final point of the whole rescue process. Therefore, effective health mobile structures have to be inserted between hospitals and the place of the event with the aim of giving the best of cures (using appropriate and easy to use equipment) for a safer and faster evacuation to hospitals. METHODS: Literature review and national and international disaster medicine standards were the basis for this study to provide clinical, hygienical, and organizational needs to satisfy for the medical structure design. Project requirements have been obtained by analyzing structural, organizational, and clinical process necessities. Structural requirements respond to the possibility of installation on every ground type, resistance to every weather condition, and necessity of easy and fast transportation. Technological equipment is obtained from clinical evaluation for patient stabilization. RESULTS: The designed structure results to be a longitudinal expandable shelter (LES) for medical emergencies response organized in three internal functional areas. Possibility of automatic expandability allows rapid transportation and easy deployment. The functional internal organization provides three areas: "Diagnostic," "Therapeutic," and "Pre-evacuation monitoring." Further, longitudinal expandability supports the basic hygienical rules in healthcare processes allowing the unidirectional flow of casualties from dirtier to cleaner areas of the structure. CONCLUSIONS: LES represents the answer to expressed requisites by disaster medicine standards and guidelines. It aims to provide an efficient and effective support for sanitary aid in response to disasters or emergencies, by improving aspects related to effectiveness, hygiene, and quality of clinical performances especially for highest critical cases. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Roberto Miniati; Fabrizio Dori; Ernesto Iadanza; Marco Lo Sardo; Sergio Boncinelli |
Related Documents
:
|
9258774 - Reluctance of paramedics and emergency medical technicians to perform mouth-to-mouth re... 11446554 - Profile of the prehospital system in madagascar. 16439344 - Pharmacists' knowledge and perceptions of emergency contraceptive pills in soweto and t... 11099594 - Pediatric office emergencies and emergency preparedness in a small rural state. 15182214 - Over-the-counter analgesics in older adults: a call for improved labelling and consumer... 3350454 - Medical negligence in the u.k.--directions for research. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: American journal of disaster medicine Volume: 5 ISSN: 1932-149X ISO Abbreviation: Am J Disaster Med Publication Date: 2010 Jul-Aug |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-09-30 Completed Date: 2010-10-21 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 101291100 Medline TA: Am J Disaster Med Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 221-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence, Italy. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Disaster Planning* Hospital Design and Construction* Hospitals, Packaged / standards* Humans Workflow |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Enhancing healthcare sector coordination through infrastructure and logistics support.
Next Document: Disaster preparedness education and a Midwest Regional Poison Center.