Background: Failed attempts to improve the delivery of healthcare to communities show
distinct flaws that have a higher impact during a major incident or disaster (MID). This study …

Background Tracheostomies are increasingly common in hospital wards due to the rising
use of percutaneous and surgical tracheostomies in critical care and bed pressures in these …

In the United States, recent large-scale emergencies and disasters display some element of
organized medical emergency response, and hospitals have played prominent roles in …

In the twentieth century, rarely have mass casualty events yielded hundreds or thousands of
critically ill patients requiring definitive critical care. However, future catastrophic natural …

Objective: Recent natural disasters have highlighted shortfall areas in current hospital
disaster preparedness. These include the following: 1) insufficient coordination between …

Background: In disasters, large number of causalities rash into the hospitals in order to get
health facilities. So, hospitals are the reference point for delivering the health services in all …

Hospitals play a critical role in helping communities respond effectively to extreme weather
events (EWEs). Despite predictions of more EWEs, little is known about the process by …

Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, famine, and human conflict have strained communities
everywhere over the course of human existence. However, modern changes in climate …

Emergency Preparedness and Mass Casualty Considerations for Anesthesiologists - Advances
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BACKGROUND Engagement and education of ICU clinicians in disaster preparedness is
fragmented by time constraints and institutional barriers and frequently occurs during a …