Abstract:
This paper analyzes how triage classification errors and blood transfusion kits impact military medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) system performance with regards to dispatchin...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper analyzes how triage classification errors and blood transfusion kits impact military medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) system performance with regards to dispatching policies. A discounted, infinite-horizon Markov decision process (MDP) model is formulated to analyze the MEDEVAC dispatching problem. A notional, representational scenario based in Azerbaijan is utilized to compare the MDP-generated policies to current practices. Results reveal the MDP-generated dispatching policy outperforms the currently practiced dispatching policy by 2.18%. Triage classification errors negatively impact system performance between 0.6% and 2.5% for the scenarios analyzed. Moreover, the inclusion of blood transfusion kits on board aircraft increase MEDEVAC system performance between 2.83% and 4.37%, depending on which units are equipped.
Published in: 2021 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
Date of Conference: 12-15 December 2021
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 23 February 2022
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