disasters can cause many casualties and considerable destruction mainly because of ineffective preventive measures, incomplete preparedness, and weak relief logistics systems. after catastrophic events happen, quick and effective response is of great importance, so as to having an efficient logistic plan for distributing needed relief commodities efficiently and fairly among affected people. in...

Acute gastroenteritis accounts for 1-2 million annual pediatric emergency department visits in the US. The current literature supports the use of antiemetics, such as ondansetron, in the emergency department, reporting improved oral rehydration, cessation of vomiting, and reduction in the need for intravenous rehydration. However, there remains concern that using these agents may "mask alternat...

Children with special health care needs are those who have, or are at risk for, chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount not usually required by typically developing children. Formulation of an emergency care plan has been advocated by the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program throu...

the paper will provide a summary of all lifelines performance in this strong earthquake. the paper will discuss the damage, emergency response, and recovery of electric power, telecommunication, transportation (roads and bridges), seaports, airports, water and wastewater, and their facilities. the impact as a result of the lifelines service interruption will be discussed; most important is the ...

CONTEXT Patients evaluated at emergency departments often present with nonemergency conditions that can be treated in other clinical settings. High-deductible health plans have been promoted as a means of reducing overutilization but could also be related to worse outcomes if patients defer necessary care. OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between transition to a high-deductible health...

BACKGROUND Earthquakes are renowned as being amongst the most dangerous and destructive types of natural disasters. Iran, a developing country in Asia, is prone to earthquakes and is ranked as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in this respect. The medical response in disasters is accompanied by managerial, logistic, technical, and medical challenges being also the case in the Ba...

In the decision-making process of city emergency evacuation, due to limited resources and time, and changing situation, it is difficult to make emergency decision accurately and efficiently. Therefore, in this paper, the city emergency evacuation decisionmaking model based on extended OODA loop is constructed. Through task determination and task allocation of emergency evacuation, the emergency...

People tend to take their spatial cognition and wayfinding behaviors for granted while moving about in familiar spaces or traversing regular routes (e.g., the way work). However, when an emergency occurs, even if people evacuate from a venue, they are still likely experience unexpected irreparable tragedy. This study conducted on-site experiment survey investigation. First-person view (FPV) flo...

Freshwater biodiversity loss is accelerating globally, but humanity can change this trajectory through actions that enable recovery. To be successful, these require coordination and planning at a global scale. The Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater aims to reduce the risk six priority actions: 1) accelerate implementation of environmental flows; 2) improve water quality sustain aquatic life...