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Preparing for the Unthinkable. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Pediatric Guidelines
There are currently no critical care pediatric programs for critically injured children in mass casualty situations. To address this gap, the Committee for Tactical Emergency …
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Evaluation of the Association Between Disaster Training and Confidence in Disaster Response Among Graduate Medical Trainees: A Cross-Sectional Study
2017
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Brown University,
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
This study compared disaster training and confidence levels among resident trainees from different specialties at a medical center in March 2013. Emergency medicine (EM) residents …
Provision of Care for Critically Ill Children in Disasters
2019
· Tripler Army Medical Center,
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University,
· University of British Columbia
This article explains how children are more affected by disasters than adults. It describes the lack of proper planning to care for children during such …
Integrated Plan to Augment Surge Capacity
This article discusses the concept of surge capacity in healthcare systems, focusing on the ability to expand rapidly during public health emergencies. It highlights the …
The 2021 Toolkit for Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation to Combat Surge of Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in India: The World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Emergency and Trauma in South East Asia Recommendations
2021
· Florida State University,
· University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
· Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
This article presents a toolkit geared toward pediatric COVID-19 preparedness in India, which was inspired by the New York City Department of Health and Mental …
Simulating a Vertical Evacuation of a NICU and PICU to Examine the Relationship Between Training and Preparedness
2022
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University,
· California Northstate University,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Brown University
This article describes a study on training hospital staff for emergency evacuations in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. It involved a six-week training program …