TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring Emergency Department Resilience to Demand Surge
T2 - 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023
AU - Ouda, Eman
AU - Sleptchenko, Andrei
AU - Emre Simsekler, Mecit Can
AU - El-Eid, Ghada R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This research explores the resilience components in emergency departments (EDs) during surges through discrete-event simulation (DES). By focusing on the resistance and recoverability components, the resilience of the ED is analyzed, as well as the flow of the patient and the resources required at each step. A simulation is developed to model an ED in the UAE and validated through collected timestamps. The results demonstrate the ordinary conditions of the ED and its calculated resilience, recoverability, and resistance, as well as its strength under conditions of surge demand. To investigate the impact of resources on the ED's resilience, the resilience triangle is analyzed, and different interventions are applied by adding physicians, nurses, and beds and their effects. The methodology and simulation model provide significant insights to ED managers to evaluate and improve their department's resilience during surges and emergencies.
AB - This research explores the resilience components in emergency departments (EDs) during surges through discrete-event simulation (DES). By focusing on the resistance and recoverability components, the resilience of the ED is analyzed, as well as the flow of the patient and the resources required at each step. A simulation is developed to model an ED in the UAE and validated through collected timestamps. The results demonstrate the ordinary conditions of the ED and its calculated resilience, recoverability, and resistance, as well as its strength under conditions of surge demand. To investigate the impact of resources on the ED's resilience, the resilience triangle is analyzed, and different interventions are applied by adding physicians, nurses, and beds and their effects. The methodology and simulation model provide significant insights to ED managers to evaluate and improve their department's resilience during surges and emergencies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85185386072&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408059
DO - 10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408059
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85185386072
T3 - Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
SP - 1018
EP - 1029
BT - 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 10 December 2023 through 13 December 2023
ER -