Hospitals as Disaster Victims: Lessons Not Learned?

• 2022

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• Eric Melnychuk; Thomas Sallade; Chadd Kraus
PMID: 35036993DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12632

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This review article examines how hospitals can be harmed during disasters, just like other places. Hospitals may lose power, water, or staff and struggle to help patients when they are also affected by the disaster. It explains that even though these problems have happened before, many hospitals still are not fully prepared for future emergencies. The article suggests that more planning and learning from past events is needed so hospitals can keep helping people during disasters.

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Focus Areas: Infrastructure Failure; Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Crisis Intervention; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Hospital Administration; Hospitals; Organizational Policy; Risk Assessment; Mass Casualty Incidents; Health Facility Administration

Institutions: Geisinger Medical Center

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