ALLMedicine™ Disaster Preparedness Center

May 3rd, 2021 - The sustainable development goals have included Cultural Heritage into the development agenda. However, natural hazards threaten the existence of several historic districts, like Intramuros in Manila. Pre-disaster Recovery Planning has gained grou...

Apr 30th, 2021 - Disaster preparedness is crucial for providing an effective response to, and reducing the possible impacts of, disasters. Although volunteers' participation plays an important role in disaster preparedness, their actual participation in disaster p...

Apr 20th, 2021 - This study intends to clarify the effect of regional disaster preparedness education on efforts to prevent the isolation of older people in the event of a disaster. This quasi-experimental study involved participants aged 65 and above. The interve...

Apr 5th, 2021 - The current study was conducted to assess disaster preparedness of hospitals in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. A descriptive cross-sectional study of all hospitals in the Eastern Region of KSA was conducted between July 2017 and July 2018. Th...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - The aim of this study was to adapt the Chinese version of Hospital Nursing Department Disaster Preparedness Scale (HNDDPS) and evaluate the psychometric properties among hospital nurses in China. Two specific objectives were (1) to adapt the HNDDP...

Jan 31st, 2019 - The American Academy of Nursing recognizes the significant impact of natural disasters on older adults. Unfortunately, despite decades of planning, deficiencies continue to exist in disaster preparedness for this population.

Dec 31st, 2018 - The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) acknowledges the central role of pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) and their fellow pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in disaster preparedness to pro.

Nov 30th, 2017 - Large-scale catastrophic events and infectious disease outbreaks highlight the need for disaster planning at all community levels. Features unique to the obstetric population (including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal care) warran.

Nov 30th, 2017 - This expert guidance document was developed as a resource to provide healthcare epidemiologists working in acute-care hospitals with a high-level overview of incident management for infectious diseases outbreaks and to prepare them to work within.

Oct 20th, 2015 - Infants, children, adolescents, and young adults have unique physical, mental, behavioral, developmental, communication, therapeutic, and social needs that must be addressed and met in all aspects of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. ...

May 3rd, 2021 - The sustainable development goals have included Cultural Heritage into the development agenda. However, natural hazards threaten the existence of several historic districts, like Intramuros in Manila. Pre-disaster Recovery Planning has gained grou...

Apr 30th, 2021 - Disaster preparedness is crucial for providing an effective response to, and reducing the possible impacts of, disasters. Although volunteers' participation plays an important role in disaster preparedness, their actual participation in disaster p...

Apr 20th, 2021 - This study intends to clarify the effect of regional disaster preparedness education on efforts to prevent the isolation of older people in the event of a disaster. This quasi-experimental study involved participants aged 65 and above. The interve...

Apr 5th, 2021 - The current study was conducted to assess disaster preparedness of hospitals in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. A descriptive cross-sectional study of all hospitals in the Eastern Region of KSA was conducted between July 2017 and July 2018. Th...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - The aim of this study was to adapt the Chinese version of Hospital Nursing Department Disaster Preparedness Scale (HNDDPS) and evaluate the psychometric properties among hospital nurses in China. Two specific objectives were (1) to adapt the HNDDP...

Apr 28th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Less than half of U.S. households have an "action plan" to meet up and communicate in the event of a disaster, and preparedness varies based on socioeconomic characteristics, a new study suggests. The cross-sectional study looke...

May 27th, 2018 - The vast majority of emergency medicine physicians face shortages of key medications, and doubt whether their organizations are "fully prepared" for a disaster, polling data showed. The poll's findings were released by the American College of Emer...

Feb 15th, 2018 - In the aftermath of Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, the emergency medicine community is once again thinking about how to improve disaster preparedness as it waits for more details to be made available on how peers responded to ...

Jan 23rd, 2018 - As the population ages and severe weather incidents become more frequent and deadly, the question remains: are older adults living independently prepared to deal with natural disaster? According to a new study from RAND Corporation, they aren't. A...

Nov 21st, 2017 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For catastrophic events and infectious disease outbreaks, obstetricians and facilities providing maternity care need disaster preparedness plans, according to an American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG...