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CategoryExplanationExample
Actors - Who ? (See Figure 2)Subjects of the study (by category)Primary care, secondary care, EMTsFire brigade, police, army NGOs, volunteer groups, governmental organization, international organizationCivilians affected by the disaster acting as first responders, spontaneous volunteers, laypeople with basic first aid knowledge, skilled and experienced individuals, off-duty medics
Decision Problems - How ? (See Figure 2)Concepts and decisions related to patient flow logisticsTriage decisions, transfer, transport, evacuation, allocation, planning, routing, coordination, search, dispatch, negotiation, extraction
Transport mode - How ? (See Figure 2)Transportation mode used to transport the patientAmbulance transportation, helicopter, private vehicles, walking to the hospital, public transportation, boat transfers, taxi, farm, tractor, trains, mule-back, plane
Departure Disaster Context - Where ? (See Figure 2)Point of departure of the patientDisaster scene, shelter, field hospital, evacuation post
Arrival Health System - Where ? (See Figure 2)Place to receive careHospital, temporary medical center, alternative healthcare facilities, field hospitals, shelters
Disaster typeTypes of disaster identifiedEarthquake, terrorist attacks, industrial incident, storm, tsunami, flood, collasped building, C.B.RN
MethodologiesMethods used in the articleDescriptive, computer modelling or, Mix-Methods, Data Science, Experiment, Survey, Design
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