Disaster Medicine

Disasters

Disaster Planning

Education, Medical

Health Personnel

China

Emergencies9

• Disaster medicine is unique among the medical specialties in that unlike all other areas of specialization, the disaster medicine specialist does not practice the full scope of the specialty everyday but only in emergencies. (wikipedia.org)
• Our goal is to combine the vast expertise at Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern University, and build and foster strategic partnerships (public and private) with scale to address the challenging real-life incidents, disasters, and emergencies that impact our communities locally and globally. (northwestern.edu)
• The training was within the scope of the Emergency Medicine Capacity Building Program, which was initiated by TIKA with the aim of strengthening coordination and capacity building on preparedness and response for health emergencies in OIC member states. (thepoint.gm)
• In the current coronavirus crisis, his expertise in disaster medicine and hospital emergencies would have been needed more than ever. (brusselstimes.com)
• Being without essential medicine for days can pose a health threat and adds to the sense of panic people feel during such emergencies - especially natural disasters. (aarp.org)
• The registry is a unique data base that gathers equipment, specialized vehicles, tools, subject matter expertise and other assets in one location, which can be called upon by state and local officials during times of disaster or emergencies like the recent wildfires in Colorado Springs. (aapsus.org)
• Early in 2014, the Spot On Sciences' team was asked to contribute content for a book with a pretty serious title -Global Point of Care: Strategies for Disasters, Emergencies, and Public Health Resilience. (spotonsciences.com)
• Urbanization often compounds disaster risk, particularly in low-resource areas, where population density presents significant threats to health, social capital and community resilience in humanitarian emergencies (4-5). (who.int)
• Hiroto Ushizawa Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan and Emerging Diseases Surveillance and Response, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines. (who.int)

Responders8

• Disaster healthcare - The provision of healthcare services by healthcare professionals to disaster survivors and disaster responders both in a disaster impact area and healthcare evacuation receiving facilities throughout the disaster life cycle. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster behavioral health - Disaster behavioral health deals with the capability of disaster responders to perform optimally, and for disaster survivors to maintain or rapidly restore function, when faced with the threat or actual impact of disasters and extreme events. (wikipedia.org)
• Numerous responders and planners who have been involved in been conducted on sudden, single-impact disasters such as disaster events have written articles reporting lessons tornadoes, flash floods, or explosi ons.1 In these sudden-onset learned in these events. (cdc.gov)
• Target Audience: This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of emergency responders, disaster medicine teams, including within U.S. Government, emergency planners, facility managers, occupational health and safety personnel, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare staff. (healthtrustpg.com)
• The Veterinary First Responder Certificate Program on AVMA Axon® ensures veterinarians and veterinary students have the knowledge and skills to serve as first responders in disasters. (avma.org)
• Among responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, PTSD is highly comorbid with lower respiratory symptoms (LRS), which cannot be explained by exposure alone. (cdc.gov)
• If these effects are verified experimentally, treatment of PTSD may prove helpful in managing physical and mental health of disaster responders. (cdc.gov)
• 2015. World Trade Center disaster and sensitization to subsequent life stress: A longitudinal study of disaster responders . (cdc.gov)

Crises5

• Anticipating the psychosocial impact of disasters and crises: the need for an interdisciplinary social science framework. (nivel.nl)
• Dückers, M.L. Anticipating the psychosocial impact of disasters and crises: the need for an interdisciplinary social science framework. (nivel.nl)
• An interdisciplinary social science framework is presented to answer the question: how to anticipate the psychosocial impact of disasters and crises? (nivel.nl)
• Recent research findings from different disciplines were combined into a framework focusing on the psychosocial dimension of disasters and crises. (nivel.nl)
• Some additional crises that can warrant disaster medicine include those caused by human error or even equipment failures leading to disasters such as food or water contamination, power outages, and dam failures. (northeastern.edu)

Impacts4

• Although little research has examined impacts of disasters on scheduled ambulatory care services, routine care delivery is important for emergency planning and response because missed or delayed care can lead to more urgent care needs. (jabfm.org)
• In his dissertation he studied the impacts of a training program he had designed to increase knowledge about disaster preparedness at Iranian hospitals. (brusselstimes.com)
• Thus, targeted and wel -timed research is required to reliably demonstrate the mental health impacts of disasters. (who.int)
• The COPEWELL (" C omposite o f P ost- E vent Well -Being") project was born out of this collaboration between experts in the psychological and sociological impacts of disasters on individuals and communities, along with experts in engineering, modeling, public health and healthcare, and other domains. (cdc.gov)

Nature of disasters2

• Although the reasons for this are often limited .2 The unexpected nature of disasters also means complex, a significant contributing factor is that disaster planning that data collection on emergency medical responses is only as good as the assumptions on which it is based. (cdc.gov)
• The dramatic nature of disasters, however, with a relatively high death toll and psychological impact for a short period, can overwhelm an unprepared health and emergency response system and create chaos in the affected community and surrounding regions. (medscape.com)

Future disasters2

• Disaster medicine is a branch of healthcare focused on assessing public health risks, planning for future disasters, and implementing emergency strategies to aid recovery. (northeastern.edu)
• The American Academy of Disaster Medicine promotes the practice of disaster health care, ensuring that all physicians are aware and prepared to effectively respond to future disasters - either natural or man-made. (aapsus.org)

Resilience12

• This report aimed to examine the literature regarding evidence about community-based interventions that use the concept of resilience to increase positive health outcomes after disaster. (cambridge.org)
• Exclusions included participants younger than age 18 years (n=74), non-English (n=40), nonempirical (n=265), not referring to disaster (n=188), not a public health intervention (n=319), and not related to an intervention targeting resilience (n=890). (cambridge.org)
• This systematic review highlighted a gap in the evidence relating to interventions targeting the resilience of adults who have experienced a disaster. (cambridge.org)
• This article presents potential measures of ambulatory care recovery and resilience and applies the measures to data around a recent disaster. (jabfm.org)
• For the disaster studied, ambulatory care resilience was associated with geographic proximity to the storm's impact. (jabfm.org)
• These positions involve developing and implementing strategies to enhance the resilience of communities and healthcare systems in the face of disasters. (northeastern.edu)
• Our interest and expertise in the behavioral science of disasters was the main reason that CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response asked us to work on an innovative model and index to measure resilience in the United States. (cdc.gov)
• For individuals, we are interested in three things: psychological resistance before a disaster, resilience during a disaster, and recovery after the disaster. (cdc.gov)
• Resilience at this level reflects the ability of someone to spring back after experiencing trauma from a disaster. (cdc.gov)
• So when we think about community resilience, we must not only think about the ability of a community to return to its pre-event level of functioning, but also assess how that community is working at its lowest point after a disaster and determine if that is a level where it can still function successfully - or even at all. (cdc.gov)
• Example of COPEWELL model output showing overall pre-disaster resilience for all US counties. (cdc.gov)
• The COPEWELL model has been used to predict resilience after a disaster in all 3,100+ counties in the United States. (cdc.gov)

Health42

• Disaster medicine is the area of medical specialization serving the dual areas of providing health care to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response and disaster recovery leadership throughout the disaster life cycle. (wikipedia.org)
• However, like specialists in public health, environmental medicine and occupational medicine, disaster medicine specialists engage in the development and modification of public and private policy, legislation, disaster planning and disaster recovery. (wikipedia.org)
• Branch of medicine involved with management and organization of public health response to disasters and major events including the special health and medical needs of a community in a disaster . (online-medical-dictionary.org)
• Working with the US Southern Command's Public Private Cooperation Division to provide Honduras with 1,300 Disaster Health Kits (DHKs) that contain personal hygiene supplies (including 27 pallets of personal care wipes) to fight the spread of the coronavirus, while providing 3,626 DHKs for US partners. (map.org)
• Collaborating with The Salvation Army, The Cleveland Clinic, US Southern Command's Public Private Cooperation Division and Send Relief to ensure that medicines and health supplies are reaching those who need them most. (map.org)
• A gift of $100 provides 10 Disaster Health Kits, which includes soap and basic hygiene products to prevent the spread of disease. (map.org)
• MAP maintains an Interagency Emergency Health Kit, ready to airlift, to provide 10,000 people with medicines and health supplies for 90 days following a disaster. (map.org)
• MAP also readies its signature Disaster Health Kits (DHK) to support one person living in a shelter for one week. (map.org)
• What's in a MAP Disaster Health Kit? (map.org)
• MAP Disaster Health Kits provide basic health supplies, such as toothbrushes, bandages, soap, and basic first aid supplies that help protect people from disease and prevent secondary illnesses and even death. (map.org)
• View the video on the right to see the contents of a MAP International Disaster Health Kit. (map.org)
• gray literature, public health journals, and available key journals focused on disaster, emergency, and trauma from inception to December 2013. (cambridge.org)
• Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. (cambridge.org)
• Recent unprecedented disasters have renewed concerns initially raised after Hurricane Katrina (in 2005) about disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for communities, individuals, and health care systems. (jabfm.org)
• Images of devastated neighborhoods, prolonged electricity outages, toxic chemical spills, and medical evacuations provide vivid depictions of health hazards that increase the immediate and long-term medical needs for populations affected by a disaster. (jabfm.org)
• All-Russian Centre for Disaster Medicine "Zashchita", the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow - chief management specialist. (medkatjorn.ru)
• The vulnerability of the elderly to disasters is related to their impaired physical mobility, diminished sensory awareness, chronic health conditions, and social and economic limitations that prevent adequate preparation for disasters, and hinder their adaptability during disasters. (cambridge.org)
• The scientific knowledge on health effects, and the quality of aftercare in a disaster context is strongly rooted in epidemiology and mental health care research. (nivel.nl)
• Populations affected by disasters are exposed to a variety of health hazards such as trauma, burns, poor sanitation, and mass sheltering, all of which place them at increased risk of infection and sepsis. (healthtrustpg.com)
• Under the resource-limited conditions typical of disaster zones, the clinical identification and management of sepsis can be more challenging compared to normal operating conditions in conventional health care settings. (healthtrustpg.com)
• NYC Medics is a rapid response humanitarian aid organization that deploys teams of health care and disaster professionals to alleviate human suffering and distress in the aftermath of a catastrophe. (aapsus.org)
• The three-day event is a meeting of global experts to exchange knowledge and best practices on pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care, disaster health and response, and emergency public health and safety. (clarius.com)
• The World Health Organization defines a disaster as an event that causes damage to infrastructure, loss of human life, suffering, or deterioration of health on a large scale. (firstlinesoftware.com)
• It developed in response to the need for a better way to manage the health and human issues that arise during and after disasters. (firstlinesoftware.com)
• Disaster medicine emerged as a combination of acute care medicine, public health, and emergency management (formerly known as disaster management). (firstlinesoftware.com)
• This resulted in a specialty incorporating principles from different disciplines, including emergency medicine and its associated acute care specialties, public health, emergency management, and humanitarian services. (firstlinesoftware.com)
• Many of the health catastrophes that have been experienced in other times have made Medicine advance considerably. (fibromialgiasinmiedos.com)
• We are still experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic and it is early to know if Medicine is going to be able to take advantage of this health disaster. (fibromialgiasinmiedos.com)
• Fibromyalgia (Para leer en Español pincha aquí) Metabolic syndrome is made up of a set of health problems. (fibromialgiasinmiedos.com)
• Consequently, there is tremendous opportunity to improve disaster mental health risk reduction through rigorous research and informed policy. (who.int)
• Despite the definition of mental health as a second-wave issue in disasters, its later timing does not lessen the severity of need (15). (who.int)
• However, the secondary surge in demand for health care and other forms of psychosocial support often occurs when attention has shifted away from the disaster, and funding for health services has already been channel ed into the treatment of injuries, infectious diseases and pre-existing chronic conditions. (who.int)
• Addressing mental health in the aftermath of disasters therefore requires careful long-term planning and substantial knowledge of the pattern of response across affected populations. (who.int)
• The Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness has a particular interest in the mental and behavioral health challenges that people, organizations, and jurisdictions face during and after disasters. (cdc.gov)
• Depending on the type of natural disaster or public health emergency, how a community functions plays out differently over time. (cdc.gov)
• NCDMPH leads national efforts to develop and propagate core curricula, education, training, and research in all-hazards disaster health. (cdc.gov)
• The health interventions assured access to essential medicine, sustained supply, inventory control through a computerized logistic support system and rational use of medicines. (who.int)
• World Health Organization Pakistan outlined modalities for acceptance of donated medicines, assisted in speedy procurement of medicines and designed customized kits. (who.int)
• World Health Organization (WHO) during disasters is very significant for Evaluation reviews, for example guidelines, standard operating proce- disaster health care providers [2]. (who.int)
• editorial] Consequences of toxic disasters for rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers require integrated mental and physical health monitoring . (cdc.gov)
• An article by Brunkard et al published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness in August 2008, puts the Louisiana death toll at 971 plus another 15 deaths among evacuees. (medscape.com)
• Preservation of life and health are of paramount importance to those individuals injured in disasters. (medscape.com)

Response33

• Within the United States of America, the specialty of disaster medicine fulfills the requirements set for by Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD), the National Response Plan (NRP), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National Resource Typing System (NRTS) and the NIMS Implementation Plan for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster law - Disaster law deals with the legal ramifications of disaster planning, preparedness, response and recovery, including but not limited to financial recovery, public and private liability, property abatement and condemnation. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster life cycle - The time line for disaster events beginning with the period between disasters (interphase), progressing through the disaster event and the disaster response and culminating in the disaster recovery. (wikipedia.org)
• The disaster response begins when the event occurs and ends when acute disaster response services are no longer needed. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster recovery also begins with the disaster response and continues until the affected area is returned to the pre-event condition. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster response - The ability to answer the intense challenges posed by a disaster event. (wikipedia.org)
• Disaster response is the third phase of the disaster life cycle. (wikipedia.org)
• Veterinarians familiar with aquatic animal evacuation, housing, and care prior to a wildfire response can extend the scope of disaster recovery. (avma.org)
• Quantifying care disruptions around disasters is an important step in assessing interventions to improve emergency preparedness and response for clinics. (jabfm.org)
• Knowledge of disaster research findings might help planners avoid common disaster management pitfalls, thereby improving disaster response planning. (cdc.gov)
• 1. Dispatchers will hear of the disaster and send emergency response units to the scene. (cdc.gov)
• The current status and limitations of disaster research are discussed, and potential interventions to response problems are offered that may be of help to planners and practitioners and that may serve as hypotheses for future research. (cdc.gov)
• For example, persons in the locality before the disaster may pitfalls, thereby improving disaster response planning. (cdc.gov)
• Others will have been in the area only organizational emergency medical response issues in domestic, temporarily because of the disaster (eg, assigned or volunteer peacetime disasters. (cdc.gov)
• General Tamir Yadai, IDF Home Front Command and Prof. Elhanan Bar-On, head of Sheba's Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response, oversaw the drill. (jewishpress.com)
• Prof. Bar-On helped create the one-of-a-kind field hospital on the premises of Sheba and devised similar set-ups when asked to bring a disaster response team from Sheba to places like Haiti, Guatemala, Mozambique etc. in the past. (jewishpress.com)
• Mass casualties as a result of natural disasters (for example, tsunami, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, etc.) or human-made/artificial disasters like wars, accidents, etc. call for a major disaster response. (dr-hempel-network.com)
• METHODS: We conducted an analysis of peer-reviewed literature, relevant policy, and federal guidance to characterize the capabilities of NGOs, contextual factors that determine their involvement in disaster operations, and key services they provide during disaster response and recovery. (rand.org)
• CONCLUSIONS: Although the operational model needs to be applied and tested in community planning and disaster response, it holds promise as a unifying framework across new national preparedness and recovery policy, and provides structure to community planning, resource allocation, and metrics on which to evaluate NGO disaster involvement. (rand.org)
• This training module will provide guidance on how to recognize, assess, and evacuate patients with or at risk of sepsis in the context of disaster response. (healthtrustpg.com)
• Effective disaster medicine requires addressing the various phases of the disaster cycle , including planning, mitigation, response, and recovery. (northeastern.edu)
• The field of disaster medicine offers diverse opportunities for healthcare providers and other emergency response professionals. (northeastern.edu)
• In addition to these positions, there are plenty of volunteer opportunities available on response teams in areas that suffer from recurring disasters, such as tsunamis, hurricanes, and wildfires. (northeastern.edu)
• These response teams are specialized units that respond to disasters and provide medical support to affected communities on a local, regional, tribal, or national level. (northeastern.edu)
• For those who want to pursue a career in government, but have more interest on the administrative side, working for government organizations-such as Homeland Security- allows you to contribute to policy development, resource allocation, and strategic planning around disaster response. (northeastern.edu)
• If you're considering a career in working in disaster medicine, there may be additional opportunities in other fields related to disaster response. (northeastern.edu)
• It is a privilege for the American Academy of Disaster Medicine to present the Distinguished Service Award to these organizations recognizing the vital role their work plays in the disaster life cycle - preparation, planning, response and recovery," said James W. Terbush, MD, MPH, AADM President. (aapsus.org)
• We're looking forward to receiving feedback on our wireless scanners from experts in the specialized field of disaster response. (clarius.com)
• Since then, the way that disaster response is taught has slowly changed to be more formal, so that different organizations can work together more easily, and there is more agreement about what should be taught. (firstlinesoftware.com)
• After a disaster, the number of people with psychological trauma exceeds the number of people with physical injury by as much as 40 to 1, but there is much more research and emergency response focus on the physical effects of a disaster rather than the psychosocial effects. (cdc.gov)
• In the wake of a large-scale event, public attention focuses on disaster planning and preparedness and the resources dedicated to improving response and resiliency surge. (medscape.com)
• When a disaster strikes, the general population expects public service agencies, emergency response agencies, and other branches of the local, state, or federal government to rapidly mobilize to help the injured and the broader community in general. (medscape.com)
• For this, among other reasons, medical professionals must be included in all phases of disaster planning as well as immediate response to these events. (medscape.com)

Organization1

• Although this knowledge base is sufficient to understand the psychosocial impact, conceptualizing an adequate reaction requires a broader approach incorporating less traditional disciplines such as public administration, organization studies, implementation science, sociology and disaster risk reduction. (nivel.nl)

Consequences3

• This "plexus of context and consequences" determines the human consequences of disaster. (nivel.nl)
• Respiratory consequences from occupational and environmental disasters are the result of inhalation exposures to chemicals, particulate matter (dusts and fibers) and/or the incomplete products of combusion that are often liberated during disasters such as fires, building collapses, explosions and volcanoes. (elsevierpure.com)
• This review describes several respiratory consequences of occupational and environmental disasters and uses the World Trade Center disaster to illustrate in detail the consequences of chronic upper and lower respiratory inflammation. (elsevierpure.com)

Methods1

• Alternative methods for communication infrastructure post-disaster need to be investigated with telecommunication experts. (who.int)

Casualties5

• Medical surge - An influx of patients (physical casualties and psychological casualties), bystanders, visitors, family members, media and individuals searching for the missing who present to a hospital or healthcare facility for treatment, information and/or shelter as a result of a disaster. (wikipedia.org)
• 6. Authorities at the scene will ensure that area hospitals are promptly notified of the disaster and the numbers, types, and severities of casualties to be transported to them. (cdc.gov)
• The casualties may rise exponentially due to mismanagement, lack of coordination between various services, limited resources, and infrastructure, However new technologies like the internet, fast computers and laptops, advanced "smart devices" instrumental in digitalization of today's' world show massive potential to immensely improve medical services during an emergency and disaster medicine. (dr-hempel-network.com)
• Large-scale disasters with numerous casualties are relatively unusual events. (medscape.com)
• Only 10 disasters in US history have resulted in more than 1,000 casualties (see Table 1). (medscape.com)

Natural disaster4

• State laws in North Carolina and South Carolina, both now in official states of emergency due to Florence, allow pharmacists to refill a prescription, as much as a 30-day supply, during a natural disaster without a doctor's authorization. (aarp.org)
• In a world that is seeing increasingly more disasters, both natural and non-natural, disaster medicine has never been so important. (scghed.com)
• Read our blog to find out what you can do to help support natural disaster relief. (volunteermatch.org)
• Lozada-Costas will describe the strategies that mattered most and the measures that should be put in place before the next natural disaster strikes. (medscape.com)

Populations2

• L'approvisionnement régulier en médicaments et une consommation sans rupture de stock dans les 56 centres de soins de premier niveau des régions touchées par la catastrophe ont permis de définir la consommation et le coût moyens des fournitures et des médicaments essentiels pour les populations desservies. (who.int)
• While these incidents have lead to an increase in general disaster awareness, the relative infrequency of major catastrophes affecting defined populations leads to a certain degree of complacency and underestimation of the impact of such an event. (medscape.com)

Medical14

• The disaster medicine specialist is the liaison between and partner to the medical contingency planner, the emergency management professional, the incident command system, government and policy makers. (wikipedia.org)
• Medical contingency planning - The act of devising a methodology for meeting the medical requirements of a population affected by a disaster event. (wikipedia.org)
• In times of disaster, we provide critical medical relief and aid to families affected by the disaster. (map.org)
• When the next natural or manmade disaster hits, do you really want to rely on the medical infrastructure being in place to administer care to your loved ones or yourself? (swatmag.com)
• Those who are seeking knowledge in this area should consider the Gunsite Emergency Medical Preparedness Class a necessary primer or base upon which to build one's plan to become truly proficient in emergency medicine. (swatmag.com)
• Although there are many limitations on current research willing to share information in the immediate aftermath of about disaster medical planning, many data have been gathered a disaster than later. (cdc.gov)
• For example, he cites state- or federal-based agency teams-such as Disaster Medical Assistance Teams -as one of the most common career options. (northeastern.edu)
• Medical care under disaster situations relies heavily on the availability of on-site clinical diagnostic testing. (spotonsciences.com)
• These sessions anchor a suite of offerings on climate change, disaster medicine, and medical volunteerism. (medscape.com)
• [ 1 ] As potential weapons of mass destruction, CWAs are capable of causing a catastrophic medical disaster that could overwhelm any healthcare system. (medscape.com)
• The medical care, equipment and communication needs of four Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) during four missions are discussed. (who.int)
• Medicines and medical supplies were efficiently used resulting in minimum wastage. (who.int)
• In addition, the relevant literature improved field disaster assessment can medical supplies received from donor was reviewed on the subject. (who.int)
• The re- provide enhanced medical care during agencies as humanitarian assistance sults were also validated from the data disasters [2]. (who.int)

20172

• Clarius is demonstrating its wireless, handheld ultrasound scanners this week at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress in Toronto, Ontario from April 25-28, 2017. (clarius.com)
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2017 was the most expensive year for disasters in the United States: $306 billion. (firstlinesoftware.com)

Trauma3

• Exposure to trauma during disasters and conflict, together with the cascading effects of bereavement, forced displacement, injury and resource loss has the potential to cause long-term psychological distress (1-3). (who.int)
• Key risk factors for the cause or maintenance of psychological distress among survivors include severity of trauma exposure, female gender, pre-existing psychological conditions and the presence of ongoing chronic stressors in the post-disaster environment (11, 18). (who.int)
• If you look at the disaster literature you will see references to dysfunction, which can be caused by either physical or psychological trauma. (cdc.gov)

Communities1

• Disaster medicine specialists provide insight, guidance and expertise on the principles and practice of medicine both in the disaster impact area and healthcare evacuation receiving facilities to emergency management professionals, hospitals, healthcare facilities, communities and governments. (wikipedia.org)

Asthma1

• A family medicine physician predicted "more weather disasters, more asthma, more hormonal changes, and more obesity. (medscape.com)

Organizations1

• OBJECTIVE: Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are important to a community during times of disaster and routine operations. (rand.org)

Abstract1

• ABSTRACT This paper illustrates the experiences of essential medicine management in providing cure and care to victims of Pakistan's 2005 earthquake in a safe, rational and effective mode. (who.int)

20182

• NEW ORLEANS - Medicine in the wake of disasters, including insights into how healthcare professionals cared for patients after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico last September, will be among the highlights at the upcoming American College of Physicians Internal Medicine (IM) Meeting 2018. (medscape.com)
• Cite this: Disaster Medicine in Eye of Storm at IM Meeting - Medscape - Apr 12, 2018. (medscape.com)

Strikes2

• Nurse practitioners and physician assistants play a vital role, but it's crucial that community agencies know your specialties and how you can to be best utilized before a disaster strikes. (reachmd.com)
• Are you ready if disaster strikes? (avma.org)

Hospitals4

• The event was part of a series of different drills conducted by Israeli hospitals throughout the country to deal with natural disasters and mass casualty events. (jewishpress.com)
• Hospitals also play a critical role in disaster medicine. (northeastern.edu)
• With a heightened emphasis on emergency training for physicians and nurses, hospitals are trying to prepare their emergency departments for triaging and treating patients during unexpected disasters. (northeastern.edu)
• Emergency medicine in hospitals and primary care in first-aid stations and evacuation areas were required for Mission 3. (who.int)

People affected1

• Since 2005, nearly 200 NYC Medics volunteers have provided lifesaving, emergent care to more than 26,000 people affected by natural disasters. (aapsus.org)

Preparedness Month1

• There's no better time for planning than Disaster Preparedness Month in September. (avma.org)

Practice3

• Indeed, the disaster medicine specialist hopes to never practice the full scope of skills required for board certification. (wikipedia.org)
• All ABODM Diplomates must annually certify that all their licenses to practice medicine are full and unrestricted, and they have not been convicted of a felony. (abpsus.org)
• Nurse practitioner Lt. Colonel Ed Mello joins host Mimi Secor to discuss how advanced practice clinicians can be involved in disaster training and what goes into becoming part of a disaster team. (reachmd.com)

Search1

• The most important medicine books and page search that you'll need at the UASD university. (symbaloo.com)

Effectively respond1

• It takes the entire community working together to effectively respond to a disaster. (reachmd.com)

Emergency preparedness2

• Establishing a nationally recognized initiative encompassing mass event and disaster management, emergency preparedness and community safety. (northwestern.edu)
• Tampa, FL - Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership (CEPP) and NYC Medics were honored by the American Academy of Disaster Medicine (AADM) with its Distinguished Service Award. (aapsus.org)

Public1

• and Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. (who.int)

Evacuation1

• These DMAT missions showed that there are new needs for DMATs in primary care, radiation screening and evacuation after the acute phase of a disaster. (who.int)

Role in disaster1

• Multinational cooperation is paramount, here I got to present and participate in a multinational military conference on NGO role in disaster management. (sages.org)

Terrorist attacks2

• It can include man-made disasters like terrorist attacks or natural disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes. (northeastern.edu)
• Certain widely publicized disasters, including events such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and the Boston Marathon bombing, have focused people's attention on disaster planning and preparedness. (medscape.com)

Specialty1

• The rise of terrorism has caused the emergency medicine specialty to adapt. (firstlinesoftware.com)

Principles1

• Here is Tim's talk on Principles of Disaster Medicine,including good examples of the Ebola crisis and the Boston Marathon bombing. (scghed.com)

Psychological1

• The rates of psychological disorders fol owing disasters vary widely (16), but consistent evidence indicates that up to one third of survivors develop PTSD, and one quarter report depression (11). (who.int)

Physicians4

• Virtual reality to train physicians and surgeons for disaster medicine is a novel concept tried out in regions hit by natural disasters like Japan. (dr-hempel-network.com)
• AADM is an affiliate academy of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS), the governing body of the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) which certifies both allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians in seventeen specialties including disaster medicine . (aapsus.org)
• In 1976, the American College of Emergency Physicians released a statement explaining what the role of emergency physicians should be during a disaster. (firstlinesoftware.com)
• The area of medicine devoted to disasters is a rapidly growing opportunity for emergency physicians. (firstlinesoftware.com)

Acute1

• DMATs are medically trained mobile teams used in the acute phase of disasters. (who.int)

Context1

• A disaster occurs somewhere in the world almost daily, but these events vary considerably in scope, size, and context. (medscape.com)

Events1

• Objective: Recent disasters have demonstrated gaps in employers' preparedness to protect employees and promote their well-being in the face of disruptive events. (cdc.gov)

Occupational medicine4

• But even among this flood of scientifically deficient research, a recent paper in the journal Occupational Medicine distinguishes itself. (virology.ws)
• This Occupational Medicine paper from Professor Chalder and her colleagues contained such defects as well. (virology.ws)
• Professor Brian Hughes, a psychologist at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and I have written to Occupational Medicine outlining our major concerns and calling for the paper to be retracted. (virology.ws)
• Occupational Medicine recently published a paper from Stevelink et al. (virology.ws)

Research4

• However, some of these assumptions are derived from a conventional wisdom that is at variance with empirical field disaster research studies. (cdc.gov)
• To illustrate the point, this article examines several common assumptions about disasters, compares them with research findings, and discusses the implications for planning. (cdc.gov)
• 2 This, in turn, creates based on systematically collected data from field disaster research difficulties with before-and-after comparisons of the event. (cdc.gov)
• We approached our colleagues at the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center , who are experts in the sociological factors in disasters that lead to emergent collective behavior . (cdc.gov)

Strategies1

• To identify the vulnerabilities of elderly to disasters, and to develop strategies to address these vulnerabilities. (cambridge.org)

Hospital5

• Because disasters may jeopardize care continuity if patients evacuate or need to seek care outside of their planned encounter, disaster-related care disruptions may result in exacerbated chronic conditions or limit preventive care and lead to more expensive emergency department or hospital-based care. (jabfm.org)
• A five-day training on Disaster and Pre hospital Emergency Medicine for a group of Gambian doctors, nurses and paramedics ended on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at the Atlantic Hotel in Banjul. (thepoint.gm)
• During the training, very crucial topics in the area of pre hospital emergency medicine were covered such as Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support. (thepoint.gm)
• In case of a hospital disaster, how the patient's records are transferred to another hospital in case of an emergency? (firstlinesoftware.com)
• Is Your Community Hospital Prepared for a Disaster? (reachmd.com)

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• The first textbook for disaster medicine training was written in 1990. (firstlinesoftware.com)