Principles of disaster management. Lesson 2: Program planning.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anecdotal observations about prehospital emergency medical care in major natural and human-made disasters, such as earthquakes, have suggested that some injured victims survive the initial impact, but eventually die because of a delay in the application of life-saving medical therapy. METHODS:A multidisci...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Pretto EA,Angus DC,Abrams JI,Shen B,Bissell R,Ruiz Castro VM,Sawyers R,Watoh Y,Ceciliano N,Ricci E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prehospital airway management (AM) is the first priority in the care of emergency and trauma victims as it has shown to improve survival in these patients. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess training and knowledge of ambulance staff and availability of AM equipment in ambulances of Karachi, Pakis...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ismail S,Zia N,Samad K,Naeem R,Ahmad H,Raza A,Baqir M,Khan UR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Vasopressors are associated with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), but no long-term benefit has been demonstrated in randomized trials. However, these trials did not control for the timing of vasopressor administration which may influence outcomes. Consequently, the objective of this study was to ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Hubble MW,Tyson C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm the efficacy of prehospital administration of adenosine, using a 6 milligram (mg) initial dosing regimen, for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). METHODS:Urban, suburban, rural emergency medical services (EMS) system in Clark County, Washington with advanced life suppo...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Wittwer LK,Muhr MD

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Quantitative benchmarking of trauma-related prehospital response for Multiple Casualty Events (MCE) is complicated by major difficulties due to the simultaneous occurrences of multiple prehospital activities. HYPOTHESIS/PROBLEM:Attempts to quantify the various components of prehospital medical response in...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bayram JD,Zuabi S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a cascade of risks associated with a hazard evolving into a disaster that consists of the risk that: (1) a hazard will produce an event; (2) an event will cause structural damage; (3) structural damage will create functional damages and needs; (4) needs will create an emergency (require use of the local respo...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Birnbaum ML,Loretti A,Daily EK,O'Rourke AP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, there is no widely available method to evaluate an emergency department disaster plan. Creation of a standardized patient database and the use of a virtual, live exercise may lead to a standardized and reproducible method that can be used to evaluate a disaster plan. PURPOSE:A virtual, live exe...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Franc-Law JM,Bullard M,Della Corte F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to test, in this trauma system, the North American hypothesis that exceeding the 60-minute limit for the entire prehospital time ("golden hour of shock") increases mortality of blunt polytrauma patients. METHODS:In a prospective, observational, cohort study conducted between 1990 and 1996,...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Osterwalder JJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Large-scale mass-sporting events are increasingly requiring greater prehospital event planning and preparation to address inherent event-associated medical conditions in addition to incidents that may be unexpected. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Chicago, Illinois USA) is one of the largest marathon...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Chan JL,Constantinou V,Fokas J,Van Deusen Phillips S,Chiampas G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Using the pediatric version of the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (JumpSTART) algorithm for the triage of pediatric patients in a mass-casualty incident (MCI) requires assessing the results of each step and determining whether to move to the next appropriate action. Inappropriate application can lead to...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Claudius I,Kaji AH,Santillanes G,Cicero MX,Donofrio JJ,Gausche-Hill M,Srinivasan S,Chang TP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tete Province, Mozambique has experienced chronic food insecurity and a dramatic fall in livestock numbers due to the cyclic problems characterized by the floods in 2000 and severe droughts in 2002 and 2003. The Province has been a beneficiary of emergency relief programs, which have assisted > 22% of the po...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Renzaho AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize the types of occupational exposures and injuries reported by emergency medical service (EMS) workers. METHODS:A blinded review of accidents/exposures among EMS workers employed by a Baltimore County fire department was conducted. Medical records for 1992 were reviewed. RESULTS:Two hundred a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Gershon RR,Vlahov D,Kelen G,Conrad B,Murphy L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This special report was prepared as a white paper for the First World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Nursing and Midwifery Contributions in Emergencies held in Geneva on 22-24 November 2006. Pertinent issues related to research of nurses and midwives were identified based on prior international conferences....

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Weiner E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The discussions in this theme provided an opportunity to share specific experiences with disasters that occurred outside of the Asia-Pacific Rim. METHODS:Details of the methods used are provided in the preceding paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Andrews RA,Austin C,Brown R,Chen YZ,Engindeniz Z,Girouard R,Leaman P,Masellis M,Nakayama S,Polentsov YO,Suserud BO

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of cardiovascular mortality is increasing, as is the number of large-scale humanitarian emergencies. The interaction between these phenomena is not well understood. This review aims to clarify the relationship between humanitarian emergencies and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. MET...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Hayman KG,Sharma D,Wardlow RD,Singh S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Traditionally, post disaster response activities have focused on immediate trauma and communicable diseases. In developed countries such as Australia, the post disaster risk for communicable disease is low. However, a "disease transition" is now recognized at the population level where noncommunicable dise...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ryan BJ,Franklin RC,Burkle FM,Watt K,Aitken P,Smith EC,Leggat P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the factors that lead to increased use of emergency medical services (EMS) by patients 65 years of age and older in an urban EMS system. METHODS:Retrospective, case-control study of frequent EMS use among elderly patients transported during one year in an urban EMS system. Three distinct groups w...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Tangherlini N,Pletcher MJ,Covec MA,Brown JF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent studies have brought to question the efficacy of the use of prehospital therapeutic hypothermia for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Though guidelines recommend therapeutic hypothermia as a critical link in the chain of survival, the safety of this intervention, with the possibility...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cortez E,Panchal AR,Davis J,Zeeb P,Keseg DP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early morning of 26 December 2003, Bam, an old city in southeastern Iran, was devastated by an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale. Managing such situations always brings about many problems. In the case of the Bam Earthquake, two of the most serious problems were rescue operations and provision of ap...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Saghafinia M,Araghizade H,Nafissi N,Asadollahi R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study examines those factors predictive of self-perceived first-aid abilities among a community-based sample after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. METHODS:A probabilities-proportionate-to-size (pps) sample of residents of Los Angeles Country and 11 pre-selected zip codes from southeastern Ventura Cou...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Nguyen LH,Shoaf KI,Rottman SJ,Bourque LB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is a summary of a study 1 conducted at the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences to evaluate collaboration during crisis management. The study includes relevant legal and regulatory dynamics, as well as conclusions and recommendations. Rules and regulations of international interest are presented in the Ap...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Kulling P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:End tidal CO2 (ETCO2) has been established as a standard for confirmation of an airway, but its role is expanding. In certain settings ETCO2 closely approximates the partial pressure of arterial CO2 (PaCO2) and has been described as a tool to optimize a patient's ventilatory status. ETCO2 monitors are incr...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cooper CJ,Kraatz JJ,Kubiak DS,Kessel JW,Barnes SL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2004, a World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Seminar was convened in Brusselsby the Education Committee to discuss Disaster Education and Training. During this seminar, it became apparent that there was no single tool available to assess knowledge, skills, and resources within this ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Murray V,Clifford J,Seynaeve G,Fisher JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By defining the chain of medical care and the capacities of the successive phases within this chain, an attempt is made to analyze and grade the determinants of these capacities. In this way, calculations that indicate overall disaster preparedness can be expressed in a figure ranging from 1-5. The capacity of the sys...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： de Boer J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction A model prepared by National Civil Defense (INDECI; Lima, Peru) estimated that an earthquake with an intensity of 8.0 Mw in front of the central coast of Peru would result in 51,019 deaths and 686,105 injured in districts of Metropolitan Lima and Callao. Using this information as a base, a study was desig...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bambarén C,Uyen A,Rodriguez M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ever-present risk of mass casualties and disaster situations may result in airway management situations that overwhelm local emergency medical services (EMS) resources. Endotracheal intubation requires significant user education/training and carries the risk of malposition. Furthermore, personal protec...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Burns JB Jr,Branson R,Barnes SL,Tsuei BJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the performance of two commercially available devices (Ambu TubeChek and SCOTI) in establishing endotracheal (ET) tube position (oesophageal vs. tracheal) in a mannequin and in miniature pigs. The Ambu TubeChek is a syringe-type, Oesophageal Detector Device (ODD) that fits to the endotracheal tube ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Petroianu G,Maleck W,Bergler W,Rüfer R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Research on skill acquisition and retention in the prehospital setting has focused primarily on resuscitation and defibrillation. Investigation into other first aid skills is required in order to validate practices and support training regimes. No studies have investigated competency using an extrication c...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ireland CJ,Zeitz KM,Bridgewater FH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR; Niel, Belgium) release of an updated recommendation related to out-of-hospital spinal immobilization (SI) practice in 2015, a systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cuthbertson JL,Weinstein ES

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the risk of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed in out-of-hospital settings for chest injuries in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS:This retrospective, observational study was conducted in an emergency critical care medical center in J...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Takayama W,Koguchi H,Endo A,Otomo Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00