@inproceedings{d6df260820bf4fe4a263180c2a5bdbdc,
title = "Operations analysis of hospital ward evacuation using crowd density model with occupancy area and velocity by patient type",
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.",
author = "Mitsuko Yokouchi and Yuri Hasegawa and Ryosuke Sasaki and Rie Gaku and Yukinori Murata and Nobuko Mizuno and Asuka Inaba and Toshinori Tanaka",
year = "2017",
month = jun
day = "28",
doi = "10.1109/WSC.2017.8248020",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "2984--2993",
editor = "Victor Chan",
booktitle = "2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017",
address = "United States",
note = "2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017 ; Conference date: 03-12-2017 Through 06-12-2017",
}