4. OUTBREAK DETECTION 4.1. Type of surveillance  Passive or Active Surveillance  Comprehensive or Sentinel Surveillance  Syndromic or Laboratory-Based Surveillance  Indicator-Based or Event-Based Surveillance  Entomological Surveillance  Monitoring of Environmental and Social Risks 4.2. Surveillance procedures  Case-definition  Notification procedures 4.3. Type of signal  Alert signal ...

Introduction: Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians are crucial members of the disaster medical response. In Singapore, EM residency program spans five years, with junior residents (JRs) progressing to senior (SRs) in three years after passing MRCEM exam or its local equivalent. This study aims assess knowledge, attitudes and perceptions toward medicine among Singapore. Method: A cross-sectional w...

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INTRODUCTION Surge capacity for optimization of access to hospital beds is a limiting factor in response to catastrophic events. Medical facilities, communication tools, manpower, and resource reserves exist to respond to these events. However, these factors may not be optimally functioning to generate an effective and efficient surge response. The objective was to improve the function of these...

BACKGROUND Emergency preparedness is important for our national defense. Preparedness has been prioritized in Wisconsin, but little has been done to gauge the knowledge, training, and resource gaps that remain-especially those that are necessary for a coordinated community response. OBJECTIVE To determine the emergency preparedness knowledge, training, and resource needs of community-based pr...

BACKGROUND African Americans receive acute stroke treatment less often than non-Hispanic whites. Interventions to increase stroke preparedness (recognizing stroke warning signs and calling 911) may decrease the devastating effects of stroke by allowing more patients to be candidates for acute stroke therapy. In preparation for such an intervention, we used a community-based participatory resear...

Introduction: Given the growing rate of accidents and disasters in the world, preparing nurses as the main group responding to these events is crucial; however, a review of literature suggests no comprehensive and theoretical or practical definitions for this concept in nursing, which has been often misunderstood and used as an alternative to other similar concepts. Objective: The presen...