Abstract

Objective: To investigate of damaged persons and available operating rooms (OR) in Busan and neighboring cities under the assumption of Tsunami in Haeundae Beach, Korea.
Methodology: We assumed that 30 percent of 120,000 people were damaged and the number of deaths, missing and injured persons was estimated 32%, 18%, 50%, respectively. The classification of injured patient was mild 70%, moderate 25% and severe 5%. 25% of the moderately injured and 20% of the severely injured were triaged to classified patients who did not need a surgery. The number of operating room is 121 university hospital OR and 266 general hospital OR in Busan and neighboring cities.
Results: There were 11,520 deaths, 6,480 missing and 18,000 injured: mild 12,600, moderate 4,500, severe 900 patients. The patients who need surgery are total 4095 people. The acceptable surgical case per hospital was 5.95 cases in University Hospital and 12.68 cases in other hospitals. Maximal capacity of surgery for 24 hours was 3,192 cases in moderate group, 726 cases in severe group. This amounts to 94.5% (3192/3375) and 100.8% (726/720), respectively in comparison with expected cases.
Conclusion: OR is sufficient in Tsunami of Haeundae, but medical personnel and transport system should be inspected.

Key words: Tsunami, Injury severity score, triage, Busan