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A Real Time Web Based Electronic Triage, Resource Allocation and Hospital Dispatch System for Emergency Response

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dc.contributor.advisorAura Ganz
dc.contributor.authorInampudi, Venkata Srihari
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical & Computer Engineering
dc.date2023-09-22T21:41:55.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T21:11:32Z
dc.date.available2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.date.submittedFebruary
dc.description.abstractDisasters are characterized by large numbers of victims and required resources, overwhelming the available resources. Disaster response involves various entities like Incident Commanders, dispatch centers, emergency operations centers, area command and hospitals. An effective emergency response system should facilitate coordination between these various entities. Victim triage, emergency resource allocation and victim dispatch to hospitals form an important part of an emergency response system. In this present research effort, an emergency response system with the aforementioned components is developed. Triage is the process of prioritizing mass casualty victims based on severity of injuries. The system presented in this thesis is a low-cost victim triage system with RFID tags that aggregate all victim information within a database. It will allow first responders' movements to be tracked using GPS. A web-based real time resource allocation tool that can assist the Incident Commanders in resource allocation and transportation for multiple simultaneous incidents has been developed. This tool ensures that high priority resources at emergency sites are received in least possible time. This web-based tool also computes the patient dispatch schedule from each disaster site to each hospital. Patients are allocated to nearest hospitals with available medical facilities. This tool can also assist resource managers in emergency resource planning by computing the time taken to receive required resources from the nearest depots using Google Maps. These web-based tools complements emergency response systems by providing decision-making capabilities.
dc.description.degreeMaster of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S.E.C.E.)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/1583826
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47436
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1630&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectEmergency Resource Allocation
dc.subjectE-triage
dc.subjectMatlab Web Interface
dc.subjectPatient Dispatch System
dc.subjectEmergency Resource Planning
dc.subjectComputer and Systems Architecture
dc.titleA Real Time Web Based Electronic Triage, Resource Allocation and Hospital Dispatch System for Emergency Response
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digcom.date.embargo2010-09-28T00:00:00-07:00
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