BACKGROUND Natural and manmade disasters are creating increasingly complex response challenges. The current U.S. emergency response model relies heavily upon the availability and expertise of highly trained public safety agencies. Too often, this leads the public and our leaders to assume that professional emergency medical care will be immediately available. Unfortunately, there are often dela...

Mass casualty incidents (MCI) are highly dynamic situations in which limited available resources need to be quickly and efficiently allocated. In this paper, we suggest considerable extensions to an allocation method that we presented in earlier work. The extensions address two major challenges: First, the need to balance real-world resource usage and second, the need to adapt to changing situa...

[ History Of Disasters And The Prevention In Indonesia From A National Security Perspective ] development of disaster studies is currently very fast . Disaster events from year to are a record as well data on how disasters detrimental human survival history. We need preparedness in anticipation management by paying attention the history and their countermeasures T he authors interested analyzin...

Objective US trauma centers (TCs) must remain prepared for mass casualty incidents (MCIs). However, surgeons may lack formal MCI training. The recent COVID-19 pandemic drove multiple patient surges, overloaded Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies, and stressed TCs. This survey assessed surgeons’ training, experience, system personal preparedness before the compared with pandemic’s third ye...

For decades, emergency planning for natural disasters, public health emergencies, workplace accidents, and other calamities has been the responsibility of government agencies on all levels and certain nongovernment organizations such as the American Red Cross. In the case of terrorism, however, entirely new approaches to emergency planning are under development for a variety of reasons. Terrori...

INTRODUCTION The coordination and integration of mental health agencies' plans into disaster responses is a critical step for ensuring effective response to all-hazard emergencies. PROBLEM In order to remedy the current lack of integration of mental health into emergency preparedness training, researchers must assess mental health emergency preparedness training needs. To date, no recognized ...

OBJECTIVES All-hazards preparedness was evaluated in North Carolina's 85 local health departments (LHDs). METHODS In regional meetings, data were collected from LHD teams from North Carolina's LHDs using an instrument constructed from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's preparedness indicators and from the Local Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory. RESULTS AN...