A scoping review of the essential components of emergency medical response systems for mass casualty incidents

A Usoro, A Mehmood, S Rapaport… - Disaster medicine and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: Emergency medical (EM) response systems require extensive coordination,
particularly during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). The recognition of preparedness gaps …

Engagement and education: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement

AV Devereaux, PK Tosh, JL Hick, D Hanfling, J Geiling… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Engagement and education of ICU clinicians in disaster preparedness is
fragmented by time constraints and institutional barriers and frequently occurs during a …

Simulation training with structured debriefing improves residents' pediatric disaster triage performance

MX Cicero, MA Auerbach, J Zigmont… - … and Disaster Medicine, 2012 - cambridge.org
IntroductionPediatric disaster medicine (PDM) triage is a vital skill set for pediatricians, and
is a required component of residency training by the Accreditation Council for Graduate …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-sectional study of Persian medicine and the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: Rumors and recommendations

HM Vardanjani, ST Heydari, B Dowran… - Integrative medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Traditional medicine structures such as Persian medicine (PM) are deeply
rooted in the global health system. These modalities, if applied correctly, could help health …

Natural disasters and mass-casualty events affecting children and families: a description of emergency preparedness and the role of the primary care physician

RP Olympia, R Rivera, S Heverley… - Clinical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives. To determine the compliance of a select number of families with national
recommendations for disaster preparedness. Patients and Methods. A questionnaire …

The knowledge, attitude and behavior about public health emergencies and the response capacity of primary care medical staffs of Guangdong Province, China

Z Zhiheng, W Caixia, W Jiaji, Y Huajie, W Chao… - BMC health services …, 2012 - Springer
Background Primary care medical staffs' knowledge, attitude and behavior about health
emergency and the response capacity are directly related to the control and prevention of …

Pediatric in-hospital emergencies: real life experiences, previous training and the need for training among physicians and nurses

R Lehmann, A Seitz, J Meyburg, B Hoppe… - BMC research …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Pediatric emergencies challenge professional teams by demanding substantial
cognitive effort, skills and effective teamwork. Educational designs for team trainings must be …

[HTML][HTML] A questionnaire study on the attitudes and previous experience of Croatian family physicians toward their preparedness for disaster management

T Pekez-Pavliško, M Račić, D Jurišić - Bulletin of Emergency & …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To explore family physicians' attitudes, previous experience and self-assessed
preparedness to respond or to assist in mass casualty incidents in Croatia. Methods: The …

Overview of children and disasters

DA Bothe, KN Olness, C Reyes - Journal of Developmental & …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Currently, throughout the world, there are nearly 40 million children displaced by natural or
man-made disasters. The special needs of children in disasters are often unrecognized, yet …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing disaster preparedness among select children's summer camps in the United States and Canada

M Chang, A Sielaff, S Bradin, K Walker… - Southern medical …, 2017 - campnurse.org
Objective: Children's summer camps are at risk for multiple pediatric casualties during a
disaster. The degree to which summer camps have instituted disaster preparedness is …