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Record Nr.

UNINA9910711260503321

Autore

Kibira Deogratias

Titolo

Enhancing performance and safety in ambulances through improved design standards / / Deogratias Kibira, Y. Tina Lee, Mehdi Dadfarnia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 8 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NIST technical note ; ; 1741

Soggetti

Ambulances

Automobiles - Design and construction

Human engineering

Motor vehicles - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"CODEN: NTNOEF"--Title page verso.

"May 2012"

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Systems Integration Division, Engineering Laboratory

Sommario/riassunto

This paper describes how modeling and simulation can play a major role in developing standards recommendations for patient compartment layout of automotive ambulances in the United States to improve performance and safety. Acquiring necessary information from relevant stakeholders is shown as a method that can be used to determine user design requirements. The requirements will in turn be used to develop design concepts taking into consideration human interface with the ambulance work environment. The modeling and simulation of clinical care activities in the ambulance can be used to evaluate the design concepts and determine those that would better meet safety and performance requirements.