Pediatric Disasters

Pediatric care in disasters.

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and Department of Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Address correspondence to David H. Rothstein, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 63, Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail: drothstein@luriechildr...

Strategy to Increase Pediatric Department Capacity of Selected Hospitals During Disasters

Background: Early discharge of inpatients is one of the most well-known strategies for hospital surge capacity in disasters. This study aimed to determine the rate of inpatient surge capacity created by early discharge in disasters in pediatrics departments of hospitals affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study po...

Introduction : Disasters as Politics – Politics as Disasters

What is the relationship between politics and disasters and how does this relate to the recent boom in disaster studies? The introduction to this volume argues that the recent interest in disasters is not because there are more disasters, but because of two recent developments within the social sciences: first, a focus on rupture rather than on continuity and second, a focus on materiality. Dis...

Natural Disasters

Ethical issues in pediatric emergency medicine's preparation for and response to disasters.