How to Evacuate When Disaster Strikes: A Literature Review of Hospital Evacuations

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• Grant Orr

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This review describes how hospitals can safely move patients and staff during disasters like fires, floods, or storms. It explains the steps needed to plan for an evacuation, such as making clear plans, training workers, and having the right equipment ready. It also talks about problems that can happen during evacuations and ways to solve them. The review uses examples from past hospital evacuations to show what works best and what mistakes to avoid so hospitals can keep everyone safe in emergencies.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Hospital Administration; Hospitals; Patient Transfer; Risk Management; Disaster Medicine

Institutions: University of Nebraska Medical Center

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