Taesik Lee, Kyohong  Shin, Hyun-Rok Lee, Hyun Lee, Inkyung Sung, Junseok Lee, Il Chul Moon, and Jang Won Bae, Characterizing emergency responses in localities with different social infrastructures using EMSSim, Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2016), Washington DC, USA, Dec 11-14, 2016

Abstract

A well-functioning Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system is a fundamental requirement for saving lives in a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI). While the benefit of strengthening an EMS system is obvious, it is not so evident which components in an EMS system will most contribute to its performance. Using the Emergency Medical Service Simulation model (EMSSim), we test a hypothesis that the social infrastructure and geographic characteristics are key factors in determining the best strategy for the improvement of the EMS system of a particular region. Specifically, we investigate an MCI scenario in three regions - metropolitan, urban, and rural environments, and analyze the factors that will effectively enhance the EMS system in each of these regions.

@inproceedings{inproceedings,

author = {Lee, Taesik and Shin, Kyohong and Lee, Hyun-Rok and Lee, Hyun and Sung, Inkyung and Lee, Junseok and Moon, Il Chul and Bae, Jang Won},

year = {2016},

month = {12},

pages = {1926-1937},

title = {Characterizing emergency responses in localities with different social infrastructures using EMSSim},

doi = {10.1109/WSC.2016.7822238}

}

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