Hospitals need to be fully operative during disasters. It is therefore essential to be able to
evaluate hospital preparedness. However, there is no consensus of a standardized …

The evaluation of emergency, disaster and crisis management exercises supports both
individual and organisational learning, facilitates the development of response capabilities …

Objectives This study tested the hypothesis that virtual reality simulation is equivalent to live
simulation for testing naive medical students' abilities to perform mass casualty triage using …

Objective: Emergency medical (EM) response systems require extensive coordination,
particularly during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). The recognition of preparedness gaps …

As part of a 2010 conference entitled “Patients and Populations: Public Health in Medical
Education,” faculty from four US medical schools (Case Western Reserve University …

BACKGROUND: Despite the acknowledged promise of developing a public health systems
research (PHSR) agenda for emergency preparedness, there has been no systematic …

High influxes of patients during disasters have led to increased incidence of medical errors
in emergency departments (EDs), ultimately leading to poor patient outcomes. Nearly 30 …

Background Exercise in different health sectors is an important step in preparing programs
for disaster risk management. The present study aimed to develop and validate a tool for …

Introduction: During major disasters, hospitals experience varied levels of absenteeism
among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the immediate response period. Loss of critical …

Abstract Background Emergency Reflex Action Drills (ERADs) are meant to decrease stress-
associated cognitive demand in high urgency situations. The aim of this study was to …