Background: An under-developed and fragmented prehospital Emergency Medical Services
(EMS) system is a major obstacle to the timely care of emergency patients. Insufficient …

Background Identifying healthcare services and also strengthening the healthcare systems
to effectively deliver them in the aftermath of large-scale disasters like the 2023 Turkey-Syria …

This paper proposes a probabilistic framework for evaluating the seismic resilience of
transportation systems during emergency medical response. The framework computes total …

Earthquakes can cause traffic network disruption, extensive blacked-out traffic signals,
considerable dislocation trips, and numerous injuries. To avoid injury-transporting private …

Quick access to hospitals is essential for severely injured people during post-earthquake
emergency medical response. In addition to emergency medical vehicles, most injured …

Surface transportation systems are an essential part of urban transportation infrastructure
and are susceptible to damage from earthquakes. This damage, along with the lack of prior …

IntroductionHospitals are expected to continue to provide medical care during disasters.
However, they often fail to function under these circumstances. Vulnerability to disasters has …

Effective risk communication is essential for disaster risk management. It is necessary to
understand the present contextual factors to select appropriate strategies to enhance risk …

The physical impacts of a disaster are usually the most obvious impacts, and they are easily
measured. However, there is not sufficient in-depth understanding of social issues arising …

Background: Considering the uncontrollable occurrence of unexpected events and disasters
around the world and Iran, paying attention to the readiness of hospitals, as the most …