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The purpose of this study was to analyze the vulnerability of vertical evacuation and propose improvement. The study process included the review of evacuation regulations required for the construction of medical facilities and physical information on users with assistive devices and assistants. Evacuation simulations were performed under two major scenarios: the first scenario was that users with assist devices evacuated with using elevators, and the second one was that they evacuated only by stairs with using evacuation devices. It was assumed that assistants intervened in the evacuation process for both scenarios. With a comparison of simulation results, the evacuation time with using elevators was less than the one only using stairs. Also, the increase of users using assistive devices decreased the time difference of two evacuation scenarios. The situation using stairs had also users’ evacuation without any type of assonance delayed. As a result, this study proposed architectural planning directions for improving the analyzed vulnerability to the vertical evacuation methods.