Multi-use Floating Platform for Emergency Situations

In the context of civil protection, including preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats, Mobile Health Units (MHUs) are becoming a significant part of a strategy for the provision of occasional ambulatory health services. In fact, in tense contexts, traditional permanent (fixed) health structures are unavailable, overburdened or dysfunctional, which raises the issue of MHUs. There is a need for mobile emergency medical facilities to take over the functions of those that are unusable. Even if mobile hospitals on wheels cannot easily reach disaster-stricken regions, they are very useful. Naturally protected waterways, lakes, lagoons, etc. can be found in good time to accommodate mobile floating medical units for emergencies and for the medical care of human populations in isolated water environments. This article presents an original approach to using a patented, stabilized naval platform to carry a mobile medical unit for emergency or special needs in hard-to-reach water areas. The simulation results show changes of various behavior variables, induced by visceral emotions, which means MHUs can be used only as a resort with the aim of providing health services to population groups which have no access to a health care system.