Implications of the SARS outbreak for Canadian emergency departments.

Disaster and emergency management: Canadian nurses' perceptions of preparedness on hospital front lines.

INTRODUCTION Three years following the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a national, Web-based survey of Canadian nurses was conducted to assess perceptions of preparedness for disasters and access to support mechanisms, particularly for nurses in emergency and critical care units. HYPOTHESES The following hypotheses were tested: (1) nurses' sense of preparedness fo...

SARS outbreak in the Greater Toronto Area: the emergency department experience.

War on SARS: a Singapore experience.

On Mar. 12, 2003, the World Health Organization issued a global alert regarding cases of a severe atypical pneumonia termed "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (or SARS). In Singapore alone, there have been 238 SARS cases and 33 deaths, including 5 health care workers. With modern global inter-connectivity, SARS rapidly spread to become a worldwide phenomenon. This article describes the Singapo...

Methamphetamine Intoxication in Emergency Departments of Hospitals in Iran: Implications for Treatment

Are we ready? Evidence of support mechanisms for Canadian health care workers in multi-jurisdictional emergency planning.

BACKGROUND Federal, provincial and municipal leaders in Canada have adopted a culture of preparedness with the development and update of emergency plans in anticipation of different types of disasters. As evident during the 2003 global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), it is important to provide support for health care workers (HCWs) who are vulnerable during infectious outb...