Disaster Preparedness for Technology and Electricity-Dependent Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs

• 2013

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• Kazumi Sakashita; Wallace Matthews; Loren Yamamoto
PMID: 23539684DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922813482762

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This article is about preparing for disasters when children and youth with special health care needs rely on technology and electricity. It describes a study where parents of 50 such children were surveyed. These kids use many devices like ventilators, oxygen concentrators, and feeding pumps. Only some had backup batteries or plans for power outages. The study found that these families are not well-prepared for electrical failures, which can be dangerous since the children's lives depend on these devices working properly during emergencies like power failures.

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Focus Area: Infrastructure Failure

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Equipment Failure; Pediatrics; Electric Power Supplies; Disabled Children

Institutions: University of Hawaii; Hawaii Public Health

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