Disaster Research Literature Review
The Pediatric Disaster Medicine Literature Review is a scoping review that aimed to catalogue and appraise the past 20+ years of pediatric disaster medicine research. The multidisciplinary literature review core team was comprised of several physicians, data scientists, and a medical librarian.
Public Health Emergency Response Lessons Learned by Rapid Deployment Force 3, 2006-2016
This commentary discusses the work of the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), which was created after Hurricane Katrina in 2006. This force consists of five teams …
The Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Mapping and Review
This article is about how mental health support and disaster risk reduction (DRR) can work together. It describes efforts to combine these fields, focusing on …
Improving Trauma Destinations for Injured Patients
Dr. Marshall Frank, an EM and EMS Physician, shares insights in a webinar on improving patient outcomes during emergency transport. The discussion focuses on using …
The Burden of Disaster: Part II. Applying Interventions Across the Child’s Social Ecology
2012
· University of Oklahoma,
· Phoenix College,
· Dartmouth College,
· U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
This article describes how to help children cope with disasters by using their social environment. It explains different levels of support: family and friends (Microsystem), …
Pediatric Emergency Care Capabilities of Indian Health Service Emergency Medical Service Agencies Serving American Indians/Alaska Natives in Rural and Frontier Areas
This article describes the emergency medical services (EMS) available for American Indian and Alaska Native children in rural and frontier areas. It highlights the challenges …
Why Identification Matters: An Explorative Study on Six Cases of Family Reunification
2024
· Università Degli Studi Di Milano Statale,
· United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR),
· United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
This article examines the challenges of family reunification and human rights violations linked to migration tragedies, focusing on the lack of physical identification of deceased …
Characterizing Household Emergency Preparedness Levels for Natural Disasters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: United States, 2020-2021
This article describes how households in the United States prepared for natural disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that being married, having children, and …
Impact of Hurricanes on Children With Asthma: A Systematic Literature Review
2022
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
· Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
This review article examines how hurricanes affect children with asthma. It describes that after hurricanes, there can be more asthma attacks in kids, especially those …
Haitian Earthquake Relief: Disaster Response Aboard the USNS Comfort
2012
· Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
· Naval Medical Center Portsmouth,
· San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Military Health System
This article describes the USNS Comfort's role in helping Haiti after the earthquake on January 12, 2010. The ship left Baltimore, Maryland quickly and reached …
Prioritization of Pediatric Chemical, Biological, Radiologic, Nuclear, and Explosive Disaster Preparedness Education and Training Needs
2014
· National Institutes of Health (NIH),
· Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine,
· Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida,
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH)
This article focuses on the need for better training and education for medical professionals to handle disasters involving children. It describes how children are especially …