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Operations analysis of hospital ward evacuation using crowd density model with occupancy area and velocity by patient type

Authors:

Mitsuko Yokouchi,

Ryosuke Sasaki,

Yukinori Murata,

Toshinori TanakaAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference

Article No.: 243, Pages 1 - 10

Published: 03 December 2017 Publication History

Abstract

This study conducts an operational analysis of horizontal evacuation in a hospital using a crowd density model to simulate patient evacuation. The proposed discrete-event simulation model considers three types of patients assigned with specific moving speed and areas from which to evacuate; the moving speed also varied according to the area's crowd density. We evaluated the effect of the ratio and transfer priority for each patient type on evacuation time in the ward. During night shifts, the evacuation time increased with the ratio of type 1 patients transferred by two nurses with sheets or blankets. The results showed only slight differences in evacuation times when transfer priority changed between type 1 and type 2 patients. The hospital required only one additional staff member to shorten the evacuation time during night shifts.

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Operations analysis of hospital ward evacuation using crowd density model with occupancy area and velocity by patient type
1. Applied computing
  1. Life and medical sciences
  2. Operations research

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Su BKwak JPourghaderi ALees MTan KLoo SChua IQuah JCai WOng M(2021)A model-based analysis of evacuation strategies in hospital emergency departmentsProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3522802.3522813(1-12)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2021
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Schaffer DBoeira CRockenbach GMaurer GAntonitsch AMusse SBogdanovych ARichards DSimoff SPelachaud CHeylen DTrescak T(2018)Simulating Virtual Humans Crowds in FacilitiesProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents10.1145/3267851.3267888(343-344)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2018
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