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ALLMedicine™ Disaster Preparedness Center

Research & Reviews  534 results

Applying Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Future Threats to the Perinatal ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13481
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health; Combellick J, Ibrahim BB et. al.

Mar 12th, 2023 - Health care systems will continue to face unpredictable challenges related to climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic tested the ability of perinatal care systems to respond to extreme disruption. Many childbearing people in the United States opted ...

Disaster Preparedness and Awareness among University Students: A Structural Equation An...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001636
International Journal of Environmental Research and Publi... Patel RK, Pamidimukkala A et. al.

Mar 12th, 2023 - Students have long been among those most emotionally and physically affected by natural or manmade disasters, yet universities and colleges continue to lack effective disaster response and mitigation practices. This research identifies how student...

Disaster Preparedness in K-12 Schools: An Integrative Review.
https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13319
The Journal of School Health; Horton D, Spigelmyer P et. al.

Mar 4th, 2023 - The threat of a disaster or potential for a disaster is something that may be experienced by individuals globally. Schools are places of daily mass gatherings which make them an ideal target for mass casualty, natural disasters, and biological inc...

Evaluating a Low-Cost Disaster Preparedness Simulation for Prelicensure Nursing Students.
https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.280
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; Phan Q, Geller DE et. al.

Mar 2nd, 2023 - This innovation in simulation evaluated the effectiveness of a time sensible, low-cost simulation on prelicensure nursing students' knowledge and confidence in responding to public health emergencies. One hundred eighty-two nursing students, in gr...

Comparison of the Level of Disaster Preparedness Between Private and Government Hospita...
https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2023.1
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; Alruwaili AS, Islam MS et. al.

Feb 28th, 2023 - The objective of this study was to describe and compare almost all the components of disaster preparedness between private and government hospitals in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using the World Health Organization's (WHO)...

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Guidelines  1 results

Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for optimizing cr...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094361
Chest Rubinson L, Hick JL et. al.

Aug 19th, 2008 - Plausible disasters may yield hundreds or thousands of critically ill victims. However, most countries, including those with widely available critical care services, lack sufficient specialized staff, medical equipment, and ICU space to provide ti...

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Clinicaltrials.gov  6 results

Emergency Preparedness for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: Disaster PrepWise
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05619263

Nov 16th, 2022 - Individuals with dementia and their families are especially vulnerable during a disaster as it limits caregivers' ability to continue with care due to disaster related stress and reduced access to resources and support. The COVID-19 pandemic showe...

In Nursing Students, The Effect of Disaster Nursing Training Program on General Disaster Preparedness Belief State, Disaster Response Self-Efficiency and Psychological Resilience
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04874337

May 5th, 2021 - In order to respond correctly to disasters, medical teams must have the necessary training and sufficient equipment. However, in many countries, disaster nursing education is not adequately included in nursing curricula (Kalanlar and Kublai, 2015)...

Brain Connections and Blood Pressure
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03736434

Dec 19th, 2020 - The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled study is to adapt a previously tested intervention to improve resting state network and blood pressure in 36 (n=12 intervention; n=12 attention control; n = 12 control) Black and African American old...

Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Intervention for Latino Women
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01333241

Nov 7th, 2019 - Overweight/obesity and physical inactivity are two significant predictors of illness and death from cardiovascular (heart) disease (CVD) in Latina adults. These risk factors may be reduced or eliminated through prevention efforts that focus on hea...

Disaster Preparedness Among Families Caring for Children With Diabetes
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00781313

Jul 20th, 2016 - This is a cross-sectional study. The subjects are the parent/parents/legal guardian, who will be coming to the clinic for their routine appointment for diabetes management. During the time in which the subject is waiting for the doctor or after th...

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News  74 results

Disaster Preparedness in Dermatology Residency Programs
https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/259317/infectious-diseases/disaster-preparedness-dermatology-residency-programs
Eric J. Beltrami, BS, Neelesh P. Jain, MD et. al.

Nov 8th, 2022 - In an age of changing climate and emerging global pandemics, the ability of residency programs to prepare for and adapt to potential disasters may be paramount in preserving the training of physicians. The current literature regarding residency pr.

What COVID-19 taught us: The challenge of maintaining contingency level care to proactively forestall crisis care
https://www.mdedge.com/chestphysician/article/253437/critical-care/what-covid-19-taught-us-challenge-maintaining
Kelly M. Griffin, MD, Jeffrey R. Dichter, MD, FCCP

Apr 12th, 2022 - In 2014, the Task Force for Mass Critical Care (TFMCC) published a CHEST consensus statement on disaster preparedness principles in caring for the critically ill during disasters and pandemics (Christian et al. CHEST.

COA Study: Hospital Outpatient Care 60% Higher, Leads to More Emergency Visits
https://www.onclive.com/view/coa-study-hospital-outpatient-care-60-higher-leads-to-more-emergency-visits

Oct 6th, 2021 - Lucio N. Gordan, MD As CMS moves ahead with payment reforms designed to reduce the total cost of hospital care, the results from a new study show that cancer treatment remains much less expensive at community oncology clinics than at hospitals an...

Hurricane Ida Recovery Could Have Been Much Worse for Dialysis Care
https://www.medpagetoday.com/nephrology/esrd/94405

Sep 8th, 2021 - Hurricane Ida didn't become a full-fledged dialysis disaster in part due to the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, but there are bigger challenges ahead, according to one disaster preparedness expert. In 2005, Katrina obliterated dialysis services in...

Diabetes Patients Kept Control of Glucose During COVID-19
https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/93435

Jul 6th, 2021 - Despite less clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with diabetes held tight on their glucose control, a nationwide study suggested. In adjusted models, there was a relative 2.6% decline in the proportion of diabetes patients who had...

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