Mobile Decision Support Tool for Emergency Departments and Mass Casualty Incidents (EDIT): Initial Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chemical exposures pose a significant threat to life. A rapid assessment by first responders and emergency nurses is required to reduce death and disability. Currently, no informatics tools exist to process victims of chemical exposures efficiently. The surge of patients into a hospital emergency department during a mass casualty incident creates additional stress on an already overburdened system, potentially placing patients at risk and challenging staff to process patients for appropriate care and treatment efficacy. Traditional emergency department triage models are oversimplified during highly stressed mass casualty incident scenarios in which there is little margin for error. Emerging mobile technology could alleviate the burden placed on nurses by allowing the fre

SUBMITTER: Boltin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6035350 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature