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Impact of Facility Damages on Hospital Capacities for Decision Support in Disaster Response Planning for an Earthquake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jomon Aliyas Paul  and
Li Lin
Jomon Aliyas Paul*
Affiliation:
1Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia USA
Li Lin
Affiliation:
2Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York USA
*
340 Burress BuildingMichael J. Coles College of BusinessKennesaw State University KennesawGeorgia 30144 USA E-mail: jpaul17@kennesaw.edu
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Abstract

Hospitals provide life-saving functions and emergency assistance to communities when disaster strikes. Any damage to hospitals from a disaster, either structural and non-structural, can impair these capabilities. In addition, an inaccurate estimation of the treatment capacities available at hospitals in a disaster-affected region can severely affect the success of emergency relief plans. In this paper, the impact of facility damage on hospital operations is estimated using a generic simulation model. From the simulation results, parametric models are developed for estimating hospitals' capacities and patient waiting times that could be used by emergency response teams in making casualty dispatching/routing decisions.

Keywords

epicenterfragility curveground accelerationhypocenterlandfallwind speed
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 333 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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