@article{ref1,
title="Development of Patient Evacuation Resource Classification System (PERC) using systems engineering to assist hospital evacuations in a disaster",
journal="Disaster medicine and public health preparedness",
year="2020",
author="Ventura, Gustavo M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The aim of this study was the development of a decision-support tool capable of identifying the most appropriate transportation and local area coalition bed space (resources) for patient evacuations during a crisis. Introduction of the new concept of dichotomous tables and how they are incorporated into the Patient Evacuation Resource Classification (PERC) system. The methods used were Systems Engineering fundamentals to conduct a requirements analysis of the process, develop a new construct guided by functional analysis, design an evidence-based model that accurately identifies patient resource requirements translatable to resource capabilities, and create a prototype for a proof of concept. Research resulted in the PERC system prototype. The PERC system prototype created by this research allows for system testing under a Solomon four-group design simulation with the participation of leading medical, emergency response, academic, consulting industry, and logistics professionals from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-7893",
doi="10.1017/dmp.2020.92",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.92"
}