Since the 2006 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan according to the World Health Organization's recommendation, the Republic of Korea has prepared and periodically evaluated the plan to respond to various public health crises including pandemic influenza. Korea has stockpiled 13,000,000 doses of antiviral drugs covering 26% of the Korean population and runs 519 isolated beds in 16...

Radiological terrorism has been recognized as a probable scenario with high impact. Radiological preparedness planning at the federal and state levels has been encouraging, but translating complex doctrines into operational readiness at the local level has proved challenging. Based on the authors' experience with radiological response planning for the City of Baltimore, this article describes a...

An emergency is an unexpected difficult situation that requires immediate treatment to prevent accidents/fatalities. The work environment has the potential for emergencies such as fires and earthquakes. According risk identification data, area must be prepared face disasters by preparing resources. Support infrastructure facilities human Prevention efforts minimize are planning a disaster respo...

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...

Title of Document: INTEGRATED MANGEMENT OF EMEREGENCY VEHICLE FLEET Saini Yang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Directed By: Professor Ali Haghani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The growing public concerns for safety and the advances in traffic management systems, that have made the availability of real-time traffic information a reality, have created an opportunity to build integ...

Medical providers at sporting events must be well-trained in the care of cardiac emergencies. Optimal outcomes are most likely achieved through comprehensive emergency planning that ensures prompt and appropriate care. The diversity of athletic venues, as well as the age and competition level of different athlete populations, present challenges to the provision of appropriate emergency care in ...

In this paper we present a semi-formal tool using the concept of process modelling for emergency management developed within our project InfoStrom. This is meant to be an aid for rescue forces, energy providers and public authorities, whose measures and terminologies generally differentiate. Also, they do not have up-to-date documents and manuals available that could be adapted to new types of ...

INTRODUCTION Currently, there is no widely available method to evaluate an emergency department disaster plan. Creation of a standardized patient database and the use of a virtual, live exercise may lead to a standardized and reproducible method that can be used to evaluate a disaster plan. PURPOSE A virtual, live exercise was designed with the primary objective of evaluating a hospital's eme...