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Recommendations for Placement of Bleeding Control Kits in Public Spaces-A Simulation Study
Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, Communications and Transport Systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0009-0009-1747-3852
Harbor UCLA Med Ctr, CA USA; UCLA, CA USA.
Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, Communications and Transport Systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Univ Virginia, VA USA.
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2023 (English)In: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, ISSN 1935-7893, E-ISSN 1938-744X, Vol. 17, article id e527Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Objective:Bleeding control measures performed by members of the public can prevent trauma deaths. Equipping public spaces with bleeding control kits facilitates these actions. We modeled a mass casualty incident to investigate the effects of public bleeding control kit location strategies.Methods:We developed a computer simulation of a bomb exploding in a shopping mall. We used evidence and expert opinion to populate the model with parameters such as the number of casualties, the publics willingness to aid, and injury characteristics. Four alternative placement strategies of public bleeding control kits in the shopping mall were tested: co-located with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) separated by 90-second walking intervals, dispersed throughout the mall at 10 locations, located adjacent to 1 exit, located adjacent to 2 exits.Results:Placing bleeding control kits at 2 locations co-located with AEDs resulted in the most victims surviving (18.2), followed by 10 kits dispersed evenly throughout the mall (18.0). One or 2 kit locations placed at the malls main exits resulted in the fewest surviving victims (15.9 and 16.1, respectively).Conclusions:Co-locating bleeding control kits with AEDs at 90-second walking intervals results in the best casualty outcomes in a modeled mass casualty incident in a shopping mall.

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS , 2023. Vol. 17, article id e527
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disaster medicine; emergency preparedness; first aid; safety management; Stop the Bleed
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-199571DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2023.190ISI: 001101422000001PubMedID: 37852924OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-199571DiVA, id: diva2:1820594
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Funding Agencies|United States Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (DHS-ST); Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and Linkoeping University institutional funds

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