Comparison of Emergency Transport Times Affected by Road Closures Under Normal Conditions and During an Earthquake Disaster
The emergency transport time was prolonged in areas with closed roads. Triage posts and semi-closed roads were also suggested to affect emergency transport times. To minimize emergency transport times, it is necessary to consider having nurses and doctors ride in ambulances to triage patients, and to coordinate with disaster base hospitals outside of the city to transport seriously injured people.
Authors
- Katsuhiko Ogasawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-7861)
- Kazuki Ohashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-3628)
- Ayana Imatani
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Muroran Institute of Technology (JP)
- Sapporo City General Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2025.10144
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52