Disaster Research Literature Review
Emergency Preparedness Plans and Perceptions Among a Sample of United States Childcare Providers
This study looks at how prepared childcare providers in the U.S. are for emergencies. It reports that both childcare centers and family care providers feel …
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Development and Implementation of a Disaster Medicine Certificate Series (DMCS) for Medical Students
This articles introduces and describes a voluntary Disaster Medicine Certificate Series (DMCS) for medical students to provide training in this area where it is often …
Pediatric Disaster Preparedness: The Potential Role of the Trauma Registry
2009
· Medical College of Wisconsin
This article discusses how trauma registries can help in planning for disasters involving children. It describes the history and current state of pediatric trauma registries, …
Disasters in Germany and France: An Analysis of the Emergency Events Database From a Pediatric Perspective
This study analyzed disaster patterns in Germany and France from a pediatric perspective. Between 2006 and 2016, Germany had 41 disasters resulting in 259 deaths, …
Lessons From the 2013 Boston Marathon: Incorporating Residents Into Institutional Emergency Plans
2017
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· Boston University
The article "Lessons From the 2013 Boston Marathon: Incorporating Residents Into Institutional Emergency Plans" by Katherine R. Schlosser and others focuses on how to include …
Utilizing a Pediatric Disaster Coalition Model to Increase Pediatric Critical Care Surge Capacity in New York City
2017
· Maimonides Medical Center,
· WellSpan York Hospital,
· New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation,
· New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
· Mount Sinai Beth Israel,
· The Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
· Children's Hospital at Montefiore
This article describes how the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition (PDC) was created to help hospitals prepare for emergencies with many injured children. The …
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 …
360 Virtual Reality Pediatric Mass Casualty Incident: A Cross Sectional Observational Study of Triage and Out‐of‐Hospital Intervention Accuracy at a National Conference
2020
· Stanford University
This study explores the use of 360 virtual reality to simulate a pediatric mass casualty incident (MCI). It describes how participants at a national conference …
A Randomised Comparison of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Disaster-Exposed Children
2011
· GGZ Rivierduinen,
· Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute,
· Leiden University Medical Centre,
· GGNet,
· TNO Quality of Life,
· University of Amsterdam,
· Vrije Universiteit
This study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for children after a large fireworks …
A Tabletop School Bus Rollover: Connecticut-Wide Drills to Build Pediatric Disaster Preparedness and Promote a Novel Hospital Disaster Readiness Checklist
This study considered tabletop exercises to improve pediatric disaster response in 5 Connecticut hospitals. 27 participants in the exercises included emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, …