Development of System for Collecting Damage Information in Hospitals during Earthquake Disaster

Abstract

Several big earthquakes might occur in the near future in Japan. It is essential for disaster base hospitals to check structural and non-structural damage as soon as possible after an earthquake in order to prepare for accommodation of expected injured patients. In this research, system for collecting damage information in hospitals was developed. In the disaster drill of a hospital, all the damage information was collected within 30 minutes using this system. It was verified that the system could serve as a useful tool for quick understanding of hospital damage during earthquake disaster.[This abstract is not included in the PDF]