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.
Through the Eyes of Children
2008
This article discusses a simulation exercise conducted by the Health Protection Agency involving children in a major emergency contamination event. The exercise aimed to understand …
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Delivery Room Preparedness and Early Neonatal Outcomes During COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
2020
· Weill Cornell Medicine,
· NewYork-Presbyterian
This study was conducted to understand how newborns of mothers with COVID-19 were managed in the delivery room during the peak of the pandemic in …
Collaborative Multidisciplinary Incident Command at Seattle Children’s Hospital for Rapid Preparatory Pediatric Surgery Countermeasures to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This commentary reports on Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington State, which was the first state with a COVID-19 case. They set up an incident command …
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Preparedness for the Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: A New York City Hospital Perspective
2020
· New York University
This article describes how a New York City hospital prepared its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes guidelines on handling …
An Evaluation of Florida’s Zika Response Using the WHO Health Systems Framework: Can We Apply These Lessons to COVID-19?
2020
· University of South Florida
This evaluation focused on Florida's response in caring for pregnant women and families with infants exposed to Zika virus (from 2016-2018). Data from 15 focus …
Preparedness and Response to Pediatric COVID-19 in European Emergency Departments: A Survey of the REPEM and PERUKI Networks
2020
· University Hospital of Padova,
· Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli,
· Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,
· Mater Dei Hospital,
· Meyer University Hospital,
· Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital,
· Robert-Debré AP-HP Hospital
This study surveyed 102 European emergency departments (EDs) for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights differences in preparedness, such as having contingency plans and …
Burn Disaster Response Planning: An Urban Region's Approach
2008
· NewYork-Presbyterian
This study outlines a draft response plan for the tiered triage, treatment, and transportation of 400 adult and pediatric burn victims in NYC. The plan …
Reassessment of Internal Thyroid Doses to 1,080 Children Examined in a Screening Survey After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
This article describes a study on thyroid doses in 1,080 children after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Researchers reassessed these doses using new methods to …
Transporting Children to Safety After Volcanic Eruption
This article describes in detail how the U.S. Army's Burn Flight Team conducted a medical evacuation mission to bring six critically injured pediatric burn patients …
In Situ Simulation: An Essential Tool for Safe Preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article describes ongoing simulation activities conducted at a Lebanese tertiary care academic center to prepare staff for COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Daily in situ simulations …