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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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How to improve situation assessment and decision-making in a simulated mass casualty incident by using an unmanned aerial vehicle

Author: Håkon B Abrahamsen

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Special Issue 1/2014

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Situation assessment and decision-making is challenging in the complex task environment of pre-hospital critical care. Human attention is a limited resource, critical information is often missing and cues in the situation may be misinterpreted, misdiagnosed or ignored. We evaluated the feasibility of using a remotely piloted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to gather information from the air in order to support decision-making in a simulated major incident. …

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Title: How to improve situation assessment and decision-making in a simulated mass casualty incident by using an unmanned aerial vehicle
Author: Håkon B Abrahamsen
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-S1-P2

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