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The role of social perception in disaster risk reduction: Beliefs, perception, and attitudes regarding flood disasters in communities along the Volta…
2017
Abstract People's perceptions of natural, spiritual, and social phenomena are socially constructed. Social perception is important because it helps people to make sense of the physical and social world and therein interact with it. Earlier research specializing in the study of human behaviour has emphasized a linkage between people's perceptions and their behaviour. In this article, the authors employ a similar theory with the intent of proposing a theoretical framework that examines the factors that influence people's perception and attitude (mitigation and response) towards the hazards they face. This discussion is done on the premise of “culture”, “experiences” and “disaster risk reducti…
Building Resilience Through Effective Disaster Management
2017
Existing literature argues that taking a holistic approach to disaster management is important for organizations in building resilience. Theoretical underpinnings to achieve a holistic understanding, however, is lacking. This article applies the notion of an ecosystem as a holistic lens to understand complex disaster management. The paper reports two case studies from Japan and Nepal to illustrate how an ecosystem works during a disaster. The theoretical framework of information ecology is used in analyzing the cases. Based on the findings, the study shows three interconnected mechanisms that can build resilience of an ecosystem in a disaster management context, namely (1) coevolution, (2) …
Data Sources Handling for Emergency Management: Supporting Information Availability and Accessibility for Emergency Responders
2017
Information is an essential component for better emergency response. Although a lot of information being available at various places during any kind of emergency, many emergency responders (ERs) use only a limited amount of the available information. The reason for this is that the available information heterogeneously distributed, in different formats, and ERs are unable to get access to the relevant information. Moreover, without having access to the needed information, many emergency responders are not able to obtain a sufficient understanding of the emergency situation. Consequently, a lot of time is being used to search for the needed information and poor decisions may be made. Therefo…
BDI Modelling and Simulation of Human Behaviours in Bushfires
2016
Each summer in Australia, bushfires burn many hectares of forest, causing deaths, injuries, and destruction of property. Emergency management strategies rely on expected citizens’ behaviour which differs from reality. In order to raise their awareness about the real population behaviour, we want to provide them with a realistic agent-based simulation. The philosophically-grounded BDI architecture provides a very suitable approach but is little used due to the lack of adapted tools. This paper uses this case study to illustrate two new tools to fill this gap: the Tactics Development Framework (TDF) and GAMA BDI architecture.
Anästhesie bei Patienten mit Porphyrie
2019
Die Porphyrien sind eine Gruppe vorwiegend hereditarer Stoffwechselstorungen der Hambiosynthese. Die Betreuung eines Patienten mit akuter Porphyrie ist eine interdisziplinare Herausforderung, bei der die Anasthesie eine koordinierende Funktion erfullt. Da es fur die Porphyrien bislang keine kausale Therapie gibt, richtet sich das Vorgehen im akuten Schub nach dem klinischen Bild. Im anasthesiologischen Umfeld ist insbesondere auf die Verwendung „sicherer“ Medikamente zu achten!
Prediction of Difficult Tracheal Videolaryngoscopic Intubation Using El-Ganzouri Risk Index
2017
Summary Introduction. Unanticipated difficult intubation still exists as a significant problem. El-Ganzouri risk index is a bedside difficult airway evaluation method, which can help determine risk of difficult airways. However, evidence of using of El-Ganzouri risk index in difficult laryngeal visualisation using videolaryngoscopes is limited. Aim of the Study. Determine the specificity and sensitivity of El-Ganzouri multivariate risk index to predict difficult laryngeal exposure using Storz C-MAC videolaryngoscope equipped with D type blade. Material and methods. We conducted a study of 29 patients, which were examined using El-Ganzouri risk index before induction of anaesthesia. After in…
Drenaggio toracico in Pronto Soccorso
2021
Riassunto Il drenaggio toracico e una procedura comune in medicina d’urgenza, indicata per gli pneumotoraci spontanei (primari o secondari) o traumatici e i versamenti pleurici liquidi: emotorace, pleurite purulenta o versamento parapneumonico complicato. Il drenaggio toracico si inserisce in una gestione multidisciplinare che coinvolge urgentisti, pneumologi, chirurghi toracici e rianimatori. La tecnica utilizzata deve essere nota ai medici che prendono in carico questi pazienti. Possono essere utilizzati diversi tipi di drenaggio e le loro indicazioni differiscono a seconda della natura del versamento. Il classico drenaggio con trocar resta, attualmente, indicato in caso di versamento liq…
Ecografía pulmonar: principios y aplicaciones en kinesiterapia respiratoria
2019
La ecografia pulmonar ha recibido un creciente interes en los ultimos anos en medicina y, mas recientemente, en kinesiterapia. Las herramientas de evaluacion habituales del kinesiterapeuta tienen una precision diagnostica limitada. En este contexto, la ecografia pulmonar proporciona una excelente precision en la evaluacion de deficiencias que pueden ser de interes para el kinesiterapeuta: consolidacion pulmonar, sindrome alveolointersticial, derrame pleural, diafragma, etc. El uso de la ecografia pulmonar por parte del kinesiterapeuta ofrece nuevas perspectivas al mejorar la precision de la exploracion clinica y guiar la eleccion de la estrategia terapeutica frente a deficiencias pulmonares…
Le drainage thoracique aux urgences dans la prise en charge d’un épanchement pleural non traumatique
2019
Le drainage thoracique est un geste classique en médecine d’urgence. En dehors du traumatisé thoracique, les indications de drainage thoracique aux urgences sont essentiellement le pneumothorax spontané primitif ou secondaire et les épanchements pleuraux liquidiens en cas d’épanchement parapneumonique compliqué. La technique doit être connue des médecins urgentistes qui sont confrontés à la prise en charge initiale de ces patients. Le matériel de drainage ou « drainage pleural catheter », selon la terminologie proposée par Baumann, regroupe l’ensemble des matériels de thoracocentèse laissés en place au décours du geste. Il existe une multiplicité de matériel à disposition des cliniciens qui…
Cuidado respiratorio en COVID-19
2020
Resumen Antecedentes El COVID-19 forma parte de la familia de los virus conocida como Coronaviridae. El nuevo patogeno β-coronavirus del subgenero Sarbecovirus se denomino inicialmente como el nuevo coronavirus (2019-nCoV); fue identificado en un brote de neumonia en Wuhan. Los pacientes desarrollan alteraciones en el sistema respiratorio, pudiendo llegar a padecer neumonia severa, edema pulmonar o sindrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda. Objetivo Revisar la evidencia cientifica disponible relacionada con el cuidado del sistema respiratorio, estableciendo pautas generales de tratamiento. Metodos Revision narrativa de la literatura. Se realizo una busqueda, seleccion y revision de articulo…