background: iran is considered among top ten countries in the world where disasters are most likely to happen, and it ranks 4th in asia after india, bangladesh and china. hospitals are playing important roles in both predictable and unpredictable emergencies. however, crisis management model in a hospital requires careful program planning. this study aimed to survey all kermanshah university of...

INTRODUCTON Disaster preparedness of the community is an essential disaster-mitigation strategy to protect human life and to prevent injuries and property damage. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of disaster, and the disaster preparedness of community members in Aceh, Indonesia. METHODS A community-based descriptive household survey was conducted in 40 villages of three tsunami-affect...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dialysis patients are among the most vulnerable patients during a disaster because they are sensitive to a lapse in treatment. Although thorough preparation could mitigate disaster effects, we hypothesized that dialysis patients' personal and medical disaster preparedness was inadequate. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This prevalence study surveyed men...

Measuring the geological disaster-risked situation, is a typical non-deterministic decision-making issue in disaster prevention and emergency response science for military engineering. Based on the given geological disaster risk analysis mechanism, geological disaster risk monitoring matrix was established, and risk characters’ value was obtained by mining the hidden information in the monitori...

The 2013 Partial Amendment of the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Law mandated that a roster of vulnerable persons during disasters be created, and further development of evacuation support is expected. In this study, the number of vulnerable people living in target analytical areas are identified in terms of neighborhood units by using the National Health Insurance Database to create a realisti...

Disaster management that uses Web-based technology to enhance user collaboration around disasters is an emergent field. A number of dedicated 'disaster portals' exist but do not integrate large social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. These social networking sites can facilitate the analysis and sharing of collective intelligence around disaster information on a far greater scale by increa...

BACKGROUND Disasters often have negative health consequences. Studies of health problems presented in family practice before and after a disaster are rare. The present study analyzed health problems before and after a disaster and predictors of increased morbidity after the disaster as presented in family practice. METHODS A matched cohort study design with measurements 1 year before the disa...

Abstract Sport is a basic pillar in the training of any military, be it NCO or officer. Primarily, tactical fitness refers to type required assist active duty police, firefighters, and other professions who must first at scene case an emergency. It also applies those want serve military similar professions. Last but not least, everyone wants better physical condition survive potentially dangero...