Development of an Emergency Response Management Using Mobile Devices for Hospital Infrastructures Affected by Power Grid Failures

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Author(s): Safa Attia (University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria), Abdelhak Boubetra (University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria)and Manel Saad Saoud (University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 24
Source title: Emergency and Disaster Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6195-8.ch016

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Crisis Response and Management / Emergency & Disaster Management / Government & Law

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In the case of a partial or general power blackout in a hospital infrastructure, the most important issue becomes how to secure at maximum the patients' lives, especially those who are depending on electrical systems. In this paper, a novel web mobile-based evacuation support system has been developed. The proposed solution is consolidated by the improvement of several parameters such as communication quality, prioritization, staffing management and coordination. To evaluate the performance of the proposed solution, real tests were conducted in a hospital. The results showed that the proposed evacuation support system, compared to the classical solutions, is more efficient in terms of the actions execution time reduction and the information quality improvement.

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