| Building Capacity for Community Disaster Preparedness: A Call for Collaboration Between Public Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs. (Cover story) | Summary
4 identified themes: Community Outreach – Yes, we do that!Barriers to Direct Community EngagementBest PracticesHigh Motivation for Community-Centered Outreach |
| Multiobjective Model for Emergency Resources Allocation. | Summary
Variety, scale, cost (purchasing, inventory, and opportunity loss), importance of resources |
| Evaluating the effectiveness of an emergency preparedness training programme for public health staff in China. | Summary
Public health emergency competencies: public health science knowledge, emergency management knowledge, emergency analytical assessment skills. |
| Resolving crises through automated bilateral negotiations | Summary
Utility pointsAgreement reached – opting outComparing results of agent with result of humans |
| Simulation-assisted burn disaster planning. | Summary
Performance indicators:Assess and evaluate content of alarm Declaration of major incident for regional health care within own region Decision on level of alert for staff Establish contact with burn centre within own region (local level) Establish contact with burn centre in other region Establish contact with affected region Deliver preliminary referrals for burns Decide on inventory; ensure the base information for a more definitive distribution of burnsFormulate general guidelines for national burn response and coordinationCreate basis for first bulletin (internal + external)Assess whether national coordination of ambulance transport resources (EMS + HEMS) needs to be establishedEnsure that there is adequate information for decision on referrals (deliver definitive key for distribution of burns and notify all burn centres) Identify the need for cooperation with other national authorities and international networks based on the burn assessment Create base information for depiction of the national situation |
| Study of efficiency of USAR operations with assistive technologies. | Summary
Detection of victimsLocalization of victimsVerificationRescue |
| Simulating individual, group, and crowd behaviors in building egress. | Summary
Average delay timeTotal evacuation timeExit usage |
| Atmospheric dispersion and impact modeling systems: How are they perceived as support tools for nuclear crises management? | Summary
cooperation between scientific advisors and decision makers |
| Emergency nurses and disaster response: An exploration of South Australian emergency nurses’ knowledge and perceptions of their roles in disaster response. | Summary
Three main themesPrevious disaster response experienceDisaster education and trainingDisaster knowledge |
| Full-scale regional exercises: Closing the gaps in disaster preparedness. | Summary
5 areas of preparedness:CommunicationsDecontaminationCommand structureStaffingPatient tracking |
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