health care management in disasters is one of the main parts of disaster management. health in disasters is affected by performance of various sectors, and has an interactive impact on various aspects of disaster management. the aim of this study was to identify the most important themes affecting the healthcare management in disaster.in this qualitative study with a content analysis approach, ...

natural hazards in the form of floods, quakes, cyclones, and the like have existed since the earth has come to being. in recent decades, in spite of scientific and technological developments in forecasting incidents, building construction and crisis management have imposed heavy expenses on human societies. the importance of many natural hazards is so great that to predict the very occurrence a...

Disaster-related industries have become essential in strengthening both disaster resilience and national competitiveness. For more efficient management, the Korean government widely integrated industry with safety 2013, calling it “disaster industry.” This study examines spatial characteristics of its association regional industries. In emerging such as industry, there is a scarcity information...

Disaster management and the health sector ought to be natural allies, but there are few examples of the collaborative planning and application of disaster healthcare involving emergency managers and care practitioners. The different origins, culture, and priorities of the various agencies tasked with disaster healthcare mean that communication and coordination between them is often lacking, lea...

The goal of integrated disaster risk management is to promote an overall improvement in the quality of safety and security in a region, city or community at disaster risk. This paper presents the case for a thorough overhaul of the institutional component of integrated disaster risk management. A review of disaster management institutions in the United States indicates significant weaknesses in...

We propose a stochastic optimization approach for the location and distribution problem of medical supplies to be used in disaster situations. We develop a robust decision support mechanism, which is serviceable under the wide variety of possible disaster types and magnitudes. In preparation for disasters, we develop a stochastic programming model to select the storage locations of medical supp...

BACKGROUND Disaster medicine education is an enormous challenge, but indispensable for disaster preparedness. AIMS We aimed to develop and implement a disaster medicine curriculum for medical student education that can serve as a peer-reviewed, structured educational guide and resource. Additionally, the process of designing, approving and implementing such a curriculum is presented. METHOD...

Recent studies have suggested a causal link between fire disaster and PTSD related psychological distress. Not everyone, however, is equally affected by the stress of experiencing such an event, and the role of coping and coping efficacy as factors in this process has not been systematically examined. In the current study, a representative sample of 206 9th graders from a Central Florida High S...

in 2002, david alexander wrote principles of emergency planning and management. long a standard reference work in that book he described the processes of preparing for and responding to disasters, crises, and civil contingencies. he based the work on principles because he wanted to dissociate it from any particular system of emergency management. then, as now, many books in this subject are tie...