BACKGROUND: Injuries caused by emergencies and accidents are increasing in the world.
To prioritise patients to provide them with proper services and to optimally use the resources …

Major earthquakes often result in incalculable environmental damage, loss of life, and
threats to health. Tremendous progress has been made in response to many medical …

There is growing research interest in emergency logistics within the operations research
(OR) community. Different from normal business operations, emergency response for large …

Purpose–Ethics is the foundation on which societies and cultures are based and are
fundamental to political, social and economic decision making. Ethical dilemmas have …

Large-scale disasters typically result in a shortage of essential medical resources, and thus
it is critical to optimize resource allocation to improve the quality of the relief operations. One …

IntroductionDisasters are high-stakes, low-frequency events. Telemedicine may offer a
useful adjunct for paramedics performing disaster triage. The objective of this study was to …

Background Disasters can overwhelm healthcare systems, making effective triage a crucial
skill for nurses. Role-Play Scenario-Based Disaster Triage Training offers a promising …

Background: In 2003, the Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (WADEM)
published guidelines for evaluation and research on health disaster management and …

Ultrasound technology has become ubiquitous in modern medicine. Its applications span
the assessment of life-threatening trauma or hemodynamic conditions, to elective …

Catastrophic health events are natural or man-made incidents that create casualties in
numbers that overwhelm the response capabilities of healthcare systems. Proper response …