Optimizing Medical Care during a Nerve Agent Mass Casualty Incident Using Computer Simulation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chemical mass casualty incidents (MCIs) pose a substantial threat to public health and safety, with the capacity to overwhelm healthcare infrastructure and create societal disorder. Computer simulation systems are becoming an established mechanism to validate these plans due to their versatility, cost-effectiveness and lower susceptibility to ethical problems.

Methods

We created a computer simulation model of an urban subway sarin attack analogous to the 1995 Tokyo sarin incident. We created and combined evacuation, dispersion and victim models with the SIMEDIS computer simulator. We analyzed the effect of several possible approaches such as evacuation policy ('Scoop and Run' vs. 'Stay and Play'), three strategies (on-site decontamination and stabilization, off-

SUBMITTER: Ruben R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377464 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature