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patient-centric hurricane evacuation management system
| Title: | A patient-centric hurricane evacuation management system. |
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| Name(s): |
Ambrose, Arny Isonja College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xii, 108 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The use of wireless sensor networks for a myriad of applications is increasing. They can be used in healthcare for emergency management. In Florida, hurricanes are the main source of natural disasters. There has been a high incidence of hurricanes over the past decade. When a hurricane warning is issued it is important that people who live in potentially dangerous areas, such as along the coast, evacuate for their safety. Nursing homes and other care facilities for elderly or disabled people experience difficulty with the evacuation as their residents require additional assistance. The characteristics and challenges of a hurricane evacuation are investigated. A patient-centric hurricane evacuation management system is proposed to allow healthcare providers the ability to continuously monitor and track patients. During a hurricane there are usually scarce energy resources and a loss of basic communication services such as cellular service and Internet access. We propose the architecture of the system that allows it to operate in the absence of these services. The hardware and software architectures are also presented along with the main phases of operation. The system was then validated and the performance evaluated via simulation using the OPNET Modeler. | |
| Identifier: | 768426616 (oclc), 3329832 (digitool), FADT3329832 (IID), fau:3757 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Arny Isonja Ambrose. Vita. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
OPNET Emergency management -- United States -- Planning Evacuation of civilians -- United States -- Planning Emergency medical services -- United States -- Planning Disaster medicine -- United States -- Planning Medical informatics Wireless communication systems Internet in medicine Telecommunication in medicine |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3329832 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
