OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore a log of WhatsApp messages exchanged among members of the health care group Doctors For You (DFY) while they were providing medical relief in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake in April 2015. Our motivation was to identify medical resource requirements during a disaster in order to help government agencies and other responding organization...

BACKGROUND Earthquakes cause thousands of deaths worldwide every year, and systematic study of the causes of these deaths can lead to their prevention. Few studies have examined how multiple types of risk factors are related to physical injury during an earthquake. METHODS A population based case-control study was conducted to examine how individual characteristics, building characteristics, ...

The rather moderate sized (magnitude 6.6) Bihar earthquake of August 21, 1988 demonstrated clearly that the Indian Engineering profession is far from prepared for a larger earthquake. During the author's extensive travel within the areas affected by this earthquake, it became clearer that the engineering community should immediately initiate serious and coordinated efforts to prepare for the po...

The elderly are one of the most vulnerable groups during a disaster. vulnerability this group is caused by physical and mental changes in elderly. These can cause to become victims To reduce impact for disaster fatalities, it necessary educate them on how save themselves when occurs. purpose nursing care increase knowledge self-rescue an earthquake. Nursing was carried out with quasi-experiment...

Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of medical care for disasters due to man-made and natural hazards. Although the short-term increase in blood donations following national disasters is well-documented, some aspects of blood transfusion during disasters remain under study. The 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran resulted in the death of >29,000 people and injured 23,000. In total...

Humanity is always under the threat of earthquakes. Anatolian peninsula is one of the well-known area which amongst the areas endangered by earthquakes. During the history many dramatic examples have been occurred. In these earthquakes many people either died or have been injured. In addition, lots of damage in this area has been occurred. More west, in the Sea of Marmara, these earthquakes hav...

Background After quickly spreading since March 2009 in Mexico, influenza pandemic H1N1 has affected a large part of the world’s population. Countries have made great efforts to contain the pandemic. An important key in containing community transmission and reducing the impacts of the pandemic influenza is to have local people educated to have good knowledge, attitude and practice toward influen...

This research focuses on the risk reduction and management of disasters in Philippines, a country prone to natural due its location Pacific Ring Fire. The study specifically examines disaster awareness practices among intermediate pupils their implications for preparedness. design utilized descriptive correlational approach with 100 from district Rizal as respondents. found that grade six consi...