Emergency Management in Hospitals supported in Geographic Information Systems - A Short Review

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Cruz, R (Author) Other; Miguel Tato Diogo (Author) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2013

Pages: 170-172

SHO 2013 International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene

Guimarães, 14 e 15 de Fevereiro

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Authenticus ID: P-009-RCY

Abstract (EN): The development of an emergency management program has as basic principles the analysis of risk / hazard and the identification of operations required to reduce exposure to them. It is intended to present a short literature review, identifying the importance of the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in management of emergency in a global context in which the same guidelines may be applied in hospitals. We ran a bibliographical research on electronic databases via the Metalib search engine of Exlibris, defining keywords, and the search was carried out in a systematic manner. We used the following keywords: emergency management, GIS and hospital. 907 articles were obtained and 37 selected. Based on the selected literature, we can conclude that there is an agreement amongst authors regarding: i) the importance of emergency planning in hospitals, which should include a systematic approach using administrative and organizational decisions, and operational capacity in the implementation of policies and strategies to decrease the impact of risks; ii) the benefits of the use of GIS in hospitals to map and model potential disasters, assisting in the visualization of vulnerabilities and damage assessment. The GIS are a valuable tool to aid in emergency management in a hospital environment.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3