Considering hospitals' resilience potential in addition to the shortest-distance and medical-
care adequacy policy to distribute mass casualties (MC) is an imperative practice for mass …

Objectives: Hospital surge capacity in multiple casualty events (MCE) is the core of hospital
medical response, and an integral part of the total medical capacity of the community …

This study focuses on the casualty-load distribution problem that arises when a mass
casualty incident (MCI) necessitates the engagement of multiple medical facilities …

This dissertation focused on two different problems that typically arise in the aftermath of
disasters. In the first part of the dissertation, we study the problem of how casualties should …

After a severe disaster strikes, a large number of casualties in need of urgent treatment,
known as a mass casualty incident (MCI) event, arise from multiple disaster areas in a very …

Objectives: Hospitals are expected to operate at a high-performance level even under
exceptional conditions of peak demand and resource disruptions. This understanding is not …

Controlling the mortality rate at the Mass Casualty Incident presents an increasingly
important challenge for Emergency service organizations. Preparation is required by any …

Urban infrastructures are invariably constituted by social and technical components whose
capacity to withstand crisis is determined by the resilience of their sociotechnical structures …

The spatial dispersion of casualties and temporal variations of emergency resources are the
two critical factors that complicate the casualty management operation in large-scale mass …

Introduction: During a mass casualty incident (MCI), activating resources for response and
equitable patient distribution is paramount. The Regional Hospital Coordination Center …