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

Mitsuko Yokouchi; Yuri Hasegawa; Ryosuke Sasaki; Rie Gaku; Yukinori Murata; Nobuko Mizuno; Asuka Inaba; Toshinori Tanaka

doi:10.1109/WSC.2017.8248020

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

Mitsuko Yokouchi, Yuri Hasegawa, Ryosuke Sasaki, Rie Gaku, Yukinori Murata, Nobuko Mizuno, Asuka Inaba, Toshinori Tanaka

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017
Editors	Victor Chan
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2984-2993
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538634288
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2017.8248020
Publication status	Published - 28-06-2017
Event	2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 03-12-2017 → 06-12-2017

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Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Other	2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017
Country	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	03-12-17 → 06-12-17

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Software
Modelling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

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Yokouchi, M., Hasegawa, Y., Sasaki, R., Gaku, R., Murata, Y., Mizuno, N., Inaba, A., & Tanaka, T. (2017). Operations analysis of hospital ward evacuation using crowd density model with occupancy area and velocity by patient type. In V. Chan (Ed.), 2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017 (pp. 2984-2993). (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2017.8248020

Yokouchi, Mitsuko ; Hasegawa, Yuri ; Sasaki, Ryosuke ; Gaku, Rie ; Murata, Yukinori ; Mizuno, Nobuko ; Inaba, Asuka ; Tanaka, Toshinori. / Operations analysis of hospital ward evacuation using crowd density model with occupancy area and velocity by patient type. 2017 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2017. editor / Victor Chan. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 2984-2993 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference).

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