Search for dissertations about: "emergency response"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 108 swedish dissertations containing the words emergency response.

2. 21. Risk and Vulnerability Analysis of Complex Systems: a basis for proactive emergency management

   Author : Henrik Hassel; Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering (LUCRAM); []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; values; operational definitions; emergency response capabilities; Risk- och sårbarhetsanalys; storskaliga tekniska infrastrukturer; värderingar; complex systems; komplexa system; krishanteringsförmåga; Risk and vulnerability analysis; operationella definitioner; large-scale technical infrastructures;

   Abstract : The present thesis concerns methods and knowledge that are useful when analysing the risks and vulnerabilities of complex systems in a societal emergency management context. Operational definitions of vulnerability and emergency response capabilities are suggested and two methods for analysing the vulnerability of critical infrastructure networks, based on the suggested definition, are presented. READ MORE

4. 22. Multi-organizational Emergency Response Management - A Framework for Further Development

   Author : Christian Uhr; Avdelningen för Brandteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis suggests a framework for how multi-organizational emergency response management can be understood. A method for collecting and analyzing data on individuals and their interactions has been developed and tested. READ MORE

5. 23. The epidemiology of cardiac arrest - In-hospital risk assessment, treatment and outcome

   Author : Anna Adielsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; CPR; defibrillation; deteriorating patient; epidemiology; in-hospital cardiac arrest; medical emergency team; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; rapid response system; rapid response team;

   Abstract : AIM: To describe and analyse sudden cardiac arrest, both in hospital and out of hospital, from an epidemiological perspective, by early prediction, by comparing changes over time in relation to aetiology, characteristics, treatment, survival or mortality and by identifying factors associated with outcome. METHODS: This thesis is based on four observational studies, including patient information from the Swedish Registry for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, in and out of hospital, and from a local registry on medical emergency team assessment at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. READ MORE

6. 24. The 2005 Hurricane Katrina response failure : Seeing preparedness for foreseeable complex problems through a neo-institutional lens

   Author : Christer Brown; Bertjan Verbeek; Fredrik Bynander; Ira Helsloot; Bengt Sundelius; Kerstin Eriksson; Försvarshögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

   Abstract : Governmental organisations often fail to prepare themselves adequately for complex problems such as natural disasters. This is remarkable because these threats are usually studied intensively and governments do develop plans for such situations. READ MORE

7. 25. Robot-aided Gas Sensing for Emergency Responses

   Author : Han Fan; Achim Lilienthal; Erik Schaffernicht; Victor Hernandez Bennetts; Saverio De Vito; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Emergency response personnel can be exposed to various extreme hazards during the response to natural and human-made disasters. In many of the scenarios, one of the risk factors is the presence of hazardous airborne chemicals. READ MORE