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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, …
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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 …
Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles
2021
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Yale University,
· Brigham and Women's Hospital,
· Yale New Haven Health System
This study tested short, task-specific drills called "disaster huddles" in a pediatric emergency department (PED) as a quicker, easier training method in preparation for mass …
Prehospital Disaster Triage Does Not Predict Pediatric Outcomes: Comparing the Criteria Outcomes Tool to Three Mass-Casualty Incident Triage Algorithms
2021
· Yale University,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· University of Southern California,
· University at Buffalo,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· Rady Children's Hospital San Diego,
· University of California, San Diego
This article describes a study comparing different triage tools used in emergencies to predict outcomes for injured children. The study looked at three tools: START, …
Radiologic Emergency: Protecting Schoolchildren and the Public
The article discusses the potential risks and consequences of radiologic emergencies, particularly focusing on historical nuclear accidents like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Tokaimura. It …