GIS in hospital and healthcare emergency management. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Geographic information systems in hospital and healthcare emergency management
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ric Skinner.
• Other Names: Skinner, Ric
• Contents: Introduction : the evolving role of geographic information systems in hospital and healthcare emergency management / Ric Skinner A spatial approach to hazard vulnerability analysis by healthcare facilities / Ric Skinner -- Using GIS to improve workplace and worker safety crisis management / Jeffrey M. Miller -- Infectious disease surveillance and GIS : applications for emergency management / Michael Olesen -- Role of GIS in interagency healthcare logistical support during emergencies / Jerry D. VanVactor -- Design concept for a location-based hazard vulnerability assessment tool for healthcare facilities / Ric Skinner -- Trauma center siting, optimization modeling, and GIS / Charles C. Branas [and others] -- Healthcare facility disaster planning : using GIS to identify alternate care sites / Johnathon A. Mohr, Gwenn M. Allen, and James L. Querry -- Multiscale enterprise GIS for healthcare preparedness in South Carolina / Jared Shoultz [and others]. Hospital preparedness planning for evacuation and sheltering with GIS in South Carolina / Jared Shoultz [and others] -- Making sense out of chaos : improving prehospital and disaster response / Elizabeth Lea Walters, Stephen W. Corbett, and Jeff Grange -- Disaster preparedness for influenza at a community hospital network : a case study using GIS / Edward Rafalski [and others] -- Disaster preparedness and response for vulnerable populations : essential role of GIS for emergency medical services during the San Diego County 2007 firestorm / Isabel Corcos [and others] -- Natural disasters and the role of GIS in assessing need / Omar Ha-Redeye -- GIS application and a regionalized approach for mass casualty incident planning / Deborah H. Kim [and others] -- Building a GIS common operating picture for integrated emergency medical services and hospital emergency management response / Frank Zanka.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 249 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 362.18/0285; Emergency medical services -- Geographic information systems; Emergency management -- Geographic information systems; Emergency Service, Hospital; Geographic Information Systems; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Social Science; Health; MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services; HEALTH & FITNESS -- First Aid; Emergency management; Emergency medical services; Geografiska informationssystem; Akutvård; Electronic books; Geographic information systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439821312; 1439821313
• Related ISBNs: 9781439821299; 1439821291
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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