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 …

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 …

Background There are no standardized measures of hospital disaster preparedness or
hospital “surge capacity.” Objectives To characterize disaster preparedness among a cohort …

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 …

In the United States, recent large-scale emergencies and disasters display some element of
organized medical emergency response, and hospitals have played prominent roles in …

IntroductionThere have been numerous initiatives by government and private organizations
to help hospitals become better prepared for major disasters and public health emergencies …

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 …

Introduction: Recent events have brought disaster medicine into the public focus. Both the
government and communities expect hospitals to be prepared to cope with all types of …

Objectives: This evidence report identifies and synthesizes evidence on the effectiveness of
hospital disaster drills, computer simulations, and tabletop or other exercises in training …

IntroductionThe assessment of hospital disaster preparedness and response performance is
a way to find and remove possible gaps and weaknesses in hospital disaster management …