Purpose The purpose of the abridged evaluation tool is to provide institutions with an
instrument designed to capture the most critical aspects of disaster drill activities. In cases in …

Introduction: Disaster drills are a valuable means of training healthcare providers to respond
to mass casualty incidents resulting from acts of terrorism or public health crises. We present …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The Joint Commission requires hospitals to implement 2 disaster drills
per year to test the response phase of their emergency management plans. Despite this …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: There is currently no validated method for assessing hospital disaster
preparedness. We determine the degree of correlation between the results of 3 methods for …

Objective Disaster exercises often simulate rare, worst-case scenario events that range from
mass casualty incidents to severe weather events. In actuality, situations such as information …

Objectives (1) Propose a conceptual model of an alternative hospital incident management
system (HIMS) that integrates concepts used by emergency operations centers (EOCs).(2) …

No standard exists by which to evaluate a hospital's compliance for the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). The instruments available and in use today for the evaluation …

HEICS organization defines the duties and responsibilities of hospital staff before, during,
and after the disaster in detail. In HEICS organization, there is a reliable chain of command …

At 0247 in the midwatch, as the USS Patrol is cruising in the Strait of Malacca, a radar
technician sees an unusual tracing on her screen. In less than a minute, she and the ESM …

The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of hospital staffs toward the role of
tabletop drills in simulation of Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS). One …