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## FLOOR LAYOUT
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- The layout of the modeled floor is shown in Figure [#fig-layout]. As shown in this
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- Figure, this floor contains 42 rooms: 14 single rooms (from 13 to 26) and
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- 28 double rooms (the others). This floor had three exits associated to
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- the emergency staircases, two nurses' stations and some technical rooms.
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- The lifts are not used during the evacuation process. The fire is
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- supposed located in room 13. Therefore, the East Exit is supposed
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- non-functional during the evacuation processes simulated.
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+ The layout of the modeled floor is shown in Figure [#fig-layout]. As
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+ shown in this Figure, this floor contains 42 rooms: 14 single rooms (from
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+ 13 to 26) and 28 double rooms (the others). This floor had three exits
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+ associated to the emergency staircases, two nurses' stations and some
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+ technical rooms. The lifts are not used during the evacuation process.
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+ The fire is supposed located in room 13. Therefore, the East Exit is
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+ supposed non-functional during the evacuation processes simulated.
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~ Figure {#fig-layout, caption:Layout of the 6th floor of the G bloc of the "Clinique Sainte Elisabeth"}
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![FIG_1]
@@ -272,39 +272,39 @@ described here.
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~ TableFigure {#tab-prep-trans, caption:"Preparation time and transportation walking speed for non-ambulant patients."}
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- | |||------|-----|---------|
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- | ||| Mean | | Range |
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- +:-------------------------+:----------------- +:----------------------------------+:----:+:---:+:-------:+
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- | Dependent patients [@10] | Evacuation Chair | Preparation time (s) | 32.7 | 5.3 | - |
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- | | |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.46 | 0.09| - |
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- | |------------------ |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | Carry chair | Preparation time (s) | 41.5 | 7.9 | |
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- | | |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.50 | 0.10| - |
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- | |------------------ |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | Stretcher | Preparation time (s) | 77.7 | 19.2| - |
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- | | |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.04 | 0.09| - |
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- | |------------------ |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | Rescue Sheet | Preparation time (s) | 65.2 | 14.1| - |
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- | | |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 0.89 | 0.24| - |
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- |--------------------------|------------------ |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | Highly dependent patients [@11] || Preparation time (s) | - | - | 180-900 |
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- | ||-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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- | || Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 0.40 | 0.04| - |
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- | ------------------------------------------- ||-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | |||------|-----|---------|
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+ | ||| Mean | | Range |
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+ +:-------------------------+:-----------+:----------------------------------+:----:+:---:+:-------:+
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+ | Dependent patients [@10] | Evacuation | Preparation time (s) | 32.7 | 5.3 | - |
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+ | | Chair |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.46 | 0.09| - |
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+ | |------------|-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | Carry | Preparation time (s) | 41.5 | 7.9 | |
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+ | | Chair |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.50 | 0.10| - |
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+ | |------------|-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | Stretcher | Preparation time (s) | 77.7 | 19.2| - |
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+ | | |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 1.04 | 0.09| - |
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+ | |------------|-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | Rescue | Preparation time (s) | 65.2 | 14.1| - |
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+ | | Sheet |-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | | | Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 0.89 | 0.24| - |
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+ |--------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | Highly dependent patients [@11] || Preparation time (s) | - | - | 180-900 |
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+ | ||-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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+ | || Transportation walking speed (m/s)| 0.40 | 0.04| - |
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+ | -------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------|-----|---------|
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There is a lack of data regarding the number of attendants needed to
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- evacuate non-ambulant patients. Table [#tab-operators-roles] shows some values found on the
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- available literature for dependent patients. As it is shown in this
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- table, the type of the transportation device used defines the number of
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- required attendants to prepare the patient and to assist on the
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- evacuation process. Comparing the different devices, we can conclude that
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- evacuation chair and the rescue sheet require the minimum number of
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+ evacuate non-ambulant patients. Table [#tab-operators-roles] shows some
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+ values found on the available literature for dependent patients. As it is
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+ shown in this table, the type of the transportation device used defines
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+ the number of required attendants to prepare the patient and to assist on
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+ the evacuation process. Comparing the different devices, we can conclude
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+ that evacuation chair and the rescue sheet require the minimum number of
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attendants (two).
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For highly dependent patients, the number of attendants needed is
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