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SUMMARY:Sandy Rutherford (Simon Fraser University)
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/SFUOR/10/">S
 imulation Modelling of the BC Critical Care System for Pandemic Response</
 a>\nby Sandy Rutherford (Simon Fraser University) as part of PIMS-CORDS SF
 U Operations Research Seminar\n\nLecture held in ASB 10908.\n\nAbstract\nT
 he pandemic placed considerable stress on the critical care system in Brit
 ish Columbia. In this talk\, I will present simulation modelling analysis 
 done to support the response to the pandemic and ongoing work to improve t
 he ability of the critical care system to respond to future public health 
 crises. The first project that I will discuss is a queuing model to inform
  ventilator capacity planning during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandem
 ic. I will then describe ongoing development of a discrete event simulatio
 n model for the network of major intensive care units (ICUs) in BC. Curren
 tly\, our model contains admissions and transfers for ICUs and high acuity
  units at eight hospitals in BC. This model will help to improve patient a
 ccess to critical care\, and inform planning for seasonal influenza and CO
 VID-19.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/SFUOR/10/
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