This manual serves as an updated second edition to the publication Protocol for assessment
of health facilities in responding to emergenciespublished by WHO in 1999. This updated …

Introduction: Emergency preparedness can be defined by the preparedness pyramid, which
identifies planning, infrastructure, knowledge and capabilities, and training as the major …

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 …

Hospitals play a critical role in providing communities with essential medical care during all
types of disaster. De pending on their scope and nature, disasters can lead to a rapidly …

We presented a commentary on published studies on the “preparedness of non-hospital
centers in dealing with life-threatening emergencies” to emphasize the importance of …

In 2001, a survey of Canadian emergency departments indicated significant deficiencies in
disaster preparedness. Since then, there have been efforts on the part of Provincial …

No standard exists by which to evaluate a hospital's compliance for the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). The instruments available and in use today for the evaluation …

Too many of our nation's hospitals have been become complacent over disaster
preparedness. They develop a document to meet a licensure requirement or a joint …

Recent research underscores a serious lack of preparedness among hospitals nationwide
and a dearth of credible educational programs and resources on hospital emergency …

An organization s preparedness agenda bears a direct relationship to its crisis response
capabilities and its capacity to respond to and manage a crisis. To clarify the current level of …