Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In an ideal situation of managing a chemical disaster that threatens human health, the offending toxin would be rapidly identified on-scene utilizing detector apparatus to provide responders the insight to give specific and appropriate treatment besides hazard protection information. Yet, the on-scene determination of said chemical is usually not readily available in an actual situation. In a recent incident of a highly publicized sizable chemical mixture spill volatilization that imperil human health, a smartphone based toxic syndromes identification tool was applied to aid in rapid chemical identification and assist judgement in providing hazard protection. METHODS: Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders app (WISER) was used for toxidrome cause identification, determining respondersÂ’ protection and protective distance arbitration. RESULTS: The WISER app was found to be useful in swiftly determining personal protective equipment types to be used by medical responder once the offending chemical was identified and in deciding initial protective distance. However, the app floundered in deciding subsequent protective distance and flopped in the aspect of toxic syndromes cause recognition. DISCUSSION: These deficiencies were possibly due to that the app was not designed for prolonged dynamic chemical spill and it is more suitable in identifying single chemical culprit rather than a chemical cocktail.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-298,
title = {The Use of 'WISER' Smartphone Application in Aiding a Chemical Disaster Management: Sungai Kim Kim Experience},
author = {Haidar Rizal Toha and Mohd Faiz Ibrahim and Nurazimah Mohd Aris and Loganathan Selvaraji and Norli Rusli and Shaharom Nor Azian Che Mat Din},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In an ideal situation of managing a chemical disaster that threatens human health, the offending toxin would be rapidly identified on-scene utilizing detector apparatus to provide responders the insight to give specific and appropriate treatment besides hazard protection information. Yet, the on-scene determination of said chemical is usually not readily available in an actual situation. In a recent incident of a highly publicized sizable chemical mixture spill volatilization that imperil human health, a smartphone based toxic syndromes identification tool was applied to aid in rapid chemical identification and assist judgement in providing hazard protection. METHODS: Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders app (WISER) was used for toxidrome cause identification, determining respondersÂ’ protection and protective distance arbitration. RESULTS: The WISER app was found to be useful in swiftly determining personal protective equipment types to be used by medical responder once the offending chemical was identified and in deciding initial protective distance. However, the app floundered in deciding subsequent protective distance and flopped in the aspect of toxic syndromes cause recognition. DISCUSSION: These deficiencies were possibly due to that the app was not designed for prolonged dynamic chemical spill and it is more suitable in identifying single chemical culprit rather than a chemical cocktail.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Public Health Division, Johor State Department of Health, Malaysia, Public Health Division, Johor State Department of Health, Malaysia, Johor Bahru District Health Office, Johor State Department of Health, Malaysia},
keywords = {chemical disaster, toxidrome, WISER},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}