post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) can arise from different traumatic incidents, such as war, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, mugging, child abuse, road accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes as well as natural disasters like earthquakes and floods. during each disaster, both victims and rescue workers are vulnerable to physical and psychological trauma that may lead to different f...

Regional Coordinator of the psychosocial component of emergency response operations at the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal. Ghyslaine Senécal, MBA, is Regional Coordinator of emergency response operations and civil protection, health mission, the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal. Funding source: The translation of this article was made possible by jo...

http://www.ruralsociology.org Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) – local residents trained as first responders to natural disasters – can also be used to help build community capacity before disasters strike. The CERTs framework for pulling together localities to prepare for disasters can also be mobilized to focus attention on other pressing issues in local areas. In communities with l...

background: disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. psychosocial rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. this research attempts to study some lessons learned from psychosocial rehabilitation based on disaster experiences in iran. materials and methods:...

natural disasters result in numerous economic, social, psychological and cultural consequences. of them, psychological consequences of disasters will affect the lives of people long after the critical conditions finish. thus, concerning the importance of psychological support in disasters, this study has identified problems and weaknesses in dealing with the psychological effects of the disaste...

introduction: natural disasters may strike a community at any time, causing death, injuries and material destruction. knowledge of the epidemiology of disaster impacts is essential to determine effective responses. iran is one of the most aired regions of the world, and suffers frequent natural disasters during the last decade were reported four major earthquake, one flood and the worst drought...

AIM To review casualty profiles of major UK burn disasters over the last 30 years in order to provide guidance to aid burn and emergency service planning and provision so as to improve emergency preparedness for future national disasters. METHODS A review of published literature was undertaken for disasters within the UK that had occurred between 1980 and 2009. Those producing 10 or more casu...

BACKGROUND An understanding of nurses' experiences in disasters can help to identify their problems in this area. These can be overcome with better planning and preparation. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of disaster nurses regarding their provision of disaster health care services. METHODS This was a qualitative study using an inductive qualitative conte...

This study aimed to describe the characteristics of natural disasters and associated losses from 1985 to 2014. The Mann-Kendall method was used to detect any long-term trends and abrupt changes. Hotspot analysis was conducted to detect the spatial clusters of disasters. We found an increasing trend in the occurrence of integrated natural disasters (tau = 0.594, p < 0.001), particularly for floo...

BACKGROUND Meteorological disasters are an important component when considering climate change issues that impact morbidity and mortality rates. However, there are few epidemiological studies assessing the causes and characteristics of deaths from meteorological disasters. The present study aimed to analyze the causes of death associated with meteorological disasters in Korea, as well as demogr...