Analysis on Potential Accommodating Capacity for Casualties in Hospitals

Egawa, Kana; Uchida, So; Noda, Itsuki; Yoda, Ikushi; Horiuchi, Yoshihito; Kobayashi, Ken-ichi; Kakehi, Atsuo; Nagasawa, Yasushi

doi:10.3130/aija.76.2057

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“…In addition, if we do not take measures, such as transporting hospitalized but stable patients to other facilities, there will be no bed vacancies. Thus, even if problems with medical equipment and the number of staff remain, there is a need for a sufficiently large red area in order to respond to the disaster and adequate building construction should be secured accordingly. When devising a method for accepting casualties in the hospital, the basic plan is to allocate areas corresponding to each triage color tag and to consider the distribution of each area 8,13,14 . However, since the red‐area space is insufficient for accommodating all red‐tag casualties, it may be possible to initially place lower priority red‐tag casualties in the yellow area.…”

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“…6 When devising a method for accepting casualties in the hospital, the basic plan is to allocate areas corresponding to each triage color tag and to consider the distribution of each area. 8,13,14 However, since the red-area space is insufficient for accommodating all red-tag casualties, it may be possible to initially place lower priority red-tag casualties in the yellow area. Another alternative that should be considered is allowing the red area to expand into the yellow area when necessary.…”

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Studies of first‐aid medical stations by flow simulation of damaged patients by the earthquake part 2: Investigation based on the area scale of disaster base hospitals by predicting the number of patients affected by a northern Tokyo Bay earthquake

Egawa

Kojima

TSUBOTA

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Japan Architectural Review

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Based on a simulation of casualties potentially affected by a Northern Tokyo Bay earthquake, we examined the limits and possibilities of medical relief activities and building space at disaster base hospitals. Considering casualty numbers over time, we determined details about the overall space required to deal with affected patients based on degree of urgency and ascertained the needs of each area. We found that the yellow area (for high‐risk patients) was relatively large; however, it was also found that affected patients remained and continued to accumulate in the red (critical) area for some time after the disaster.

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Studies of first‐aid medical stations by flow simulation of damaged patients by the earthquake part 2: Investigation based on the area scale of disaster base hospitals by predicting the number of patients affected by a northern Tokyo Bay earthquake

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Kojima

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Analysis of Countermeasures and Demands for Hospital Facilities Accepting Casualties

Egawa

Kimura

Hine

et al. 2019

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In this study, we examined countermeasures and facility demands when taking in casualties at disaster base hospitals during a disaster. 1. Many institutions had all disaster areas on the access floor and raised many concerns about the flow were raised. 2. The emergency department was designated for the critical care area in many institutions. This factor is effectively increased satisfaction in the ability to appropriately deal with serious illnesses and injuries. And it is shorter distances to scan rooms and ward elevators during emergency use. 3. Close proximity between the triage area and the critical care area was most strongly desired.

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Analysis on Potential Accommodating Capacity for Casualties in Hospitals

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Studies of first‐aid medical stations by flow simulation of damaged patients by the earthquake part 2: Investigation based on the area scale of disaster base hospitals by predicting the number of patients affected by a northern Tokyo Bay earthquake

Studies of first‐aid medical stations by flow simulation of damaged patients by the earthquake part 2: Investigation based on the area scale of disaster base hospitals by predicting the number of patients affected by a northern Tokyo Bay earthquake

Analysis of Countermeasures and Demands for Hospital Facilities Accepting Casualties

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