In recent years, Online Social Media (OSM) has established itself as one of the most significant sources of situational information during any natural or man-made disaster. Real-time summarization of this rapidly posted huge volume of crowdsourced responses is a common requirement for emergency relief and preparedness when time is critical. Our semi-automatic method exploits a combination of Su...

BACKGROUND Prior assessments of public health readiness had identified gaps in radiation preparedness. In recent years, preparedness planning has involved an "all-hazards" approach. Current assessment of the national status related to radiation public health emergency preparedness capabilities at the state and local health department levels was needed. METHODS A survey of state health departm...

BACKGROUND Strong community linkages are essential to a health care organization's overall preparedness for emergencies. OBJECTIVE To assess community emergency preparedness linkages among hospitals, public health officials, and first responders and to investigate the influence of community hazards, previous preparation for an event requiring national security oversight, and experience respon...

BACKGROUND The Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 provided for the designation of a critical infrastructure protection program. This ultimately led to the designation of emergency services as a targeted critical infrastructure. In the context of an evolving crisis in hospital-based emergency care, the extent to which federal funding has addressed disaster preparedness will be examined. DISCU...

Introduction: An effective response to CBRNE requires that frontline staff, such as nurses, are adequately trained in Emergency Preparedness (EP). Understanding the current gaps nursing knowledge of is first step creating an training program. This study assessed EP and needs among staff. Method: A web-based survey was distributed all hospital The evaluated nurses received. Staff listed types th...

Purpose: Indonesia had the highest death toll in world due to earthquakes and tsunami. In recent years, has changed its disaster management strategy, from emergency response preparedness preparedness. This study aims analyze relationship of self-efficacy with nurses, IEDNA members, dealing natural disasters Indonesia.
 Methods: is an analytical observational a cross-sectional approach. The...