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Seismic Resilience of Emergency Departments: A Case Study
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: Received: 5 January 2024 / Approved: 8 January 2024 / Online: 8 January 2024 (09:06:49 CET)
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Pianigiani, M.; Viti, S.; Tanganelli, M. Seismic Resilience of Emergency Departments: A Case Study. Modelling 2024, 5, 315-338. Pianigiani, M.; Viti, S.; Tanganelli, M. Seismic Resilience of Emergency Departments: A Case Study. Modelling 2024, 5, 315-338.
Abstract
In this work the seismic resilience of the Emergency Department of a real Hospital complex, located in Tuscany (Italy), has been quantified, with special reference to its nonstructural components and organizational features. Special attention has been paid to the ceilings, whose importance stood out in past earthquakes. A comprehensive meta-model has been set, able to relate all the considered parameters to the assumed response quantity, i.e. the waiting time of the red-code patients arriving to the Emergency Department in the hours immediately after the seismic event. The seismic resilience of the Emergency Department has been measured with reference to earthquakes compatible to the seismic hazard of the area.
Keywords
resilience; hospitals’ functionality; emergency department’ resilience; seismic performance
Subject
Engineering, Civil Engineering
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