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GPS Devices in a Simulated Mass Casualty Event
2019
· Yale University
This study assessed how emergency department staff perceived using global positioning system (GPS) devices to track patients during a simulated mass casualty event. The GPS …
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Impact of an Educational Intervention on Residents' Knowledge of Pediatric Disaster Medicine
2009
· Yale University
This article discusses the development and implementation of a standardized pediatric disaster medicine (PDM) curriculum aimed at pediatric and emergency medicine residents. The study evaluates …
Developing Consensus on Appropriate Standards of Disaster Care for Children
This article outlines a study to establish a consensus on essential hospital disaster interventions by balancing needs and resources. Pediatric acute care practitioners used a …
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, …
Unexplained Deaths in Connecticut, 2002-2003: Failure to Consider Category A Bioterrorism Agents in Differential Diagnoses
2008
· Yale University
This article discusses the importance of hospital and emergency department clinicians in recognizing bioterrorism-related infections as the first defense in a bioterrorist attack. The study …
Hospital Disaster Staffing: If You Call, Will They Come?
2020
· Yale University,
· Valley Health
This study surveyed nine hospitals in five states to understand employees' attitudes towards working during disasters. Most respondents were willing to work after mass casualty …
Strategies To Improve Pediatric Disaster Surge Response: Potential Mortality Reduction And Tradeoffs
This article describes ways to reduce deaths in pediatric disasters by improving hospital response. It suggests two strategies: controlling where patients are sent to avoid …
Pediatric Hospital and Intensive Care Unit Capacity in Regional Disasters: Expanding Capacity by Altering Standards of Care
This article discusses how hospitals can handle more patients during disasters by changing care standards. It uses a simulation to show that New York City …
Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: An Empiric New York Statewide Study
This study looks at how well hospitals in New York can handle a sudden increase in patients during disasters. It describes that hospitals are expected …
A National US Survey of Pediatric Emergency Department Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness
2021
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Yale University,
· Indiana University,
· Riley Children's Health,
· Florida Atlantic University,
· Medical University of Vienna,
· The University of Queensland
This study conducted a survey among pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in the United States to assess their preparedness for COVID-19. 25 out of 35 departments …