The Location Analysis of Heliports and Designated Hospitals for the Air Emergency Medical Service Network in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Han, Cheng-Hua, 韓振華
• Other Authors: Chi-Hong Ho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01831532422010113026

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 交通管理(科學)學系 === 84 === The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is of great importance to the lives of the people. In Taiwan, however, the natural geographical barriers, road congestion, and unevenly distributed medical resources have prohibited this vital service to some remote areas. Thus, the establishment of an efficient Air EMS network and making this service available to every individual is one of the urgent public works in Taiwan.The purpose of designing this network is to ensure patients and severely injured persons can always be transported in time to the designated medical service stations for medical treatments. Since such a service costs a lot, the planners have to locate this resource effectively.Upon surveying current and potential sites for medical facilities and heliports, we construct a mathematical model to simultaneously determine the heliport and designated hospital locations, numbers of helicopters, and delivery routes for the patients. We also propose a heuristic algorithm to solve this kind of location decision problem. Besides, we use the UfosNet planning software to display the results, so users can better see the location and their service areas of the heliports and the hospitals. Further, results from this case study can serve as a reference for government authorities to design the Air Emergency Medical Service System in the near future.