Fawcett and Oliveira suggested a new approach to
the problem of providing medical assistance to victims after a major earthquake. Based on a
mathematical model, they tried to determine how regional medical systems should respond to
earthquake. The inputs of the model are the location and number of non-fatal casualties, the level of pre-hospital medical care, and the capacity of hospitals and transportation system post-earthquake. The simulation model simulates the flow of the victims from the areas affected by the event to the hospitals. Since some or all of the hospitals in the disaster region may be damaged, hospital care capacity is also included in the modeling process. In the model, there is no difference among types of casualties; all victims in need of hospital care are taken into account