Federal investment in emergency preparedness has increased notably since the 9/11
attacks, yet it is unclear if and how US hospital readiness has changed in the 20 years since …

Hospital disaster resilience is often conceived as the ability to respond to external disasters.
However, internal disasters appear to be more common events in hospitals than external …

The text is geared towards health care workers such as adult and paediatric physicians and
nurses, paramedics and health care facility administrators and will cover disaster …

Background Hospital administrators play a key role in the effective management of surge
capacity in disasters, but there is little information available about the characteristics …

Study hypothesis Since the 1990s, Italian hospitals are required to comply with emergency
disaster plans known as Emergency Plan for Massive Influx of Casualties. While various …

Background Large-scale burn disasters can produce casualties that threaten medical care
systems. This study proposes a new approach for developing hospital readiness and …

Despite the ever-present risk of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) in all geographical regions,
there is a limited body of literature detailing specifically how an intensive care unit (ICU) …

IntroductionIt is not known what constitutes the optimal emergency management system, nor
is there a consensus on how effectiveness and efficiency in emergency response should be …

PurposeTo assess perceptions and attitudes toward disasters and disaster planning among
outpatient primary care leaders. MethodsWritten surveys and semi-structured interviews of …

Over the last decade, there has been a rise in the number of mass casualty incidences
(MCIs) and their subsequent effect on hospital systems. While there has been much …