in the response phase the most important step is to assess disaster after occurrence. by disaster assessment, we can obtain all the needed information for controlling, decision-making and also disaster planning. lack of disaster assessment causes you to make unsuitable decisions ba sed on limited or inadequate data which leads to imperfect disaster response. according to ifrc, disaster response...

Background: In the face of disasters, preparedness is key to safety. This shows that there a need for plan in field disaster nursing, especially earthquakes so it can minimize losses will occur. 
 Objective: review aims improve practical understanding earthquake preparedness. Method: Search articles using keywords Pubmed, CINAHL, Science Direct, and Official Website databases with criteria...

This report describes our onsite medical rounds and fact-finding activities conducted in the acute phase and medical relief work conducted in the subacute phase in Miyagi prefecture following the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred off northeastern Honshu on March 11, 2011. As part of the All-Japan Hospital Association medical team deployed to the disaster area, a N...

AIM This study explored Taiwan's nurse leaders' reflections and experiences of the difficulties they encountered and survival strategies they employed fighting the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic and the background context framing these phenomena. BACKGROUND On several continents in 2002-2003, the highly infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome overwhelmed health care systems a...