Fundamental and Applied Science
- A Triage Tool for Accurate Disposition of Patients in Disaster Response
The objective is to improve hospital medical surge capacity by developing a rapid and accurate decision support tool to predict appropriate level of in-hospital care. This objective stems from the hypothesis that patient information available in the emergency department (ED) may be used to predict appropriate disposition of ED patients. ED patients triaged to inadequate levels of care are placed at higher risk. ED patients triaged to excessively high levels of care receive no added benefit and unnecessarily consume limited critical care resources. A decision support tool has potential to quickly evaluate the associated risk of triaging patients to different levels of care.
- Determining Performance Characteristics of Ibis T5000 for Preparedness and Response to a Respiratory Infection Disease Outbreak
The study will evaluate the impact of improved diagnostic assays in the ED by assessing the performance characteristics of a novel rapid technology and modeling the impact of the added information derived from such information (i.e. improved time to detection, sensitivity, viral or bacterial genome load, and range of detection).
- Examination of Resilience and Role Conflict among Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Service Personnel in the Midst of Disaster
In the event of a manmade or natural disaster, police, fire, and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel are essential front-line first responders. The ability of police, fire, and EMS agencies to provide adequate services is contingent upon critical response personnel working and functioning in an efficient manner. This project will provide information on “what can be expected” from those whom society relies upon in the midst of a disaster -- police, fire and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel-- when they are personally impacted by the catastrophe to which they are responding.
- Emergency Preparedness Needs of Primary Physicians and Historically Black Medical Schools
Morehouse School of Medicine will develop a needs assessment of primary care providers to determine the public health and medical informational needs of underserved African-American communities via information garnered from primary health care providers serving and living among African-American communities.