of performance (EPs) for “Emergency Management” (EM) Standard EM.03.01.03, which addresses emergency management exercises for the home care program. Revised EP 1 and new EPs 18 and 19 become effective January 1, 2013. The EM standards have always required organizations to align the scope of their emergency management exercises with the scope of their emergency operations plan (EOP) and response...

Children with chronic medical conditions rely on complex management plans for problems that cause them to be at increased risk for suboptimal outcomes in emergency situations. The emergency information form (EIF) is a medical summary that describes medical condition(s), medications, and special health care needs to inform health care providers of a child's special health conditions and needs so...

OBJECTIVES To assess hospital emergency nurses' self-reported knowledge, role awareness and skills in disaster response with respect to the Hajj mass gathering in Mecca. DESIGN Cross-sectional online survey with primary data collection and non-probabilistic purposive sample conducted in late 2014. SETTING All 4 public hospitals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. PARTICIPANTS 106 registered nurses in...

There are numerous attempts to assess emergency plans by simulations, and excellent contributions have been proposed. Simulations have allowed emergency committees and emergency experts to improve the performance and efficiency of many emergency plans while decreasing the limitations of regular drills. However, there is no “most complete” tool, and most of the time, it is not possible to reuse ...

s of PPPM Masters’ and Undergraduate Students’ Terminal Projects, Capstone Projects, and Theses September 2014 – August 2015 Listed alphabetically by student’s last name This document was updated August 27, 2015 PPPM projects and theses are open access, located online at Scholars’ Bank. https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/7552 Keeping Local Economies Safe: The Role of Economic De...

BACKGROUND Treatment summaries and follow-up care plan information should be provided to cancer survivors. This study examines the association of receiving summaries and care plans with cancer survivor self-efficacy for chronic illness management, and whether self-efficacy was associated with health care utilization. METHODS Four hundred forty-one cancer survivors (≥2 years from diagnosis and...

Regarding the article on access to in-network emergency physicians, the authors conclude that a solution to the lack of access to in-network emergency physicians at many hospitals may be to require plans to contract with these physicians at hospitals that are in-network with the plan (if I understand their approach correctly). Though this mandate might be helpful in some cases, it is just as li...

We present a system that exploits advanced Mixed and Virtual Reality technologies to create a surveillance and security system that could be also extended to define emergency prevention plans in crowdy environments. Surveillance cameras are carried by a mini Blimp which is tele-operated using an innovative Virtual Reality interface with haptic feedback. An interactive control room (CAVE) receiv...