The reliability of the Johns Hopkins/AHRQ drill performance

Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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A device, equipment or piece of software used to carry out a particular process or procedure.

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was evaluated by applying it to multiple hospitals in Los Angeles County, CA, participating in the November 2005 California statewide

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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drill.

The main pillars the interview revolved around were: (i) communication and information: understanding the main flow of communication between the different actors and the information they

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to fulfill their missions and wherethey look for them; (ii) understanding interviewees’ experience about the use of ADIAM systems and expertise.

cross-sectional study used questionnaires tailoredto 4 groups: consultant microbiologists (M), infectionpreventionists (IP), public health physicians (PHP),and public health nurses (PHN).Each group’s questionnaire was designed based on in-depth interviews with professionals in that groupAll interviewees had been actively involved in one or more of 4 recent

Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
 

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situations due to infectious outbreaks in The Netherlands: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

The interviews explored six main topics: existing community EHEP outreach and activitiesreadiness to engage communities in EHEP outreachbenefits, barriers, and risks to engaging communities in EHEP outreachperceived community

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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and

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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resiliencethe role of social capital and social cohesion in Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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and

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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personal Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action. Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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preparedness

Major topical areas covered in the interview guide included:the establishment and history of the coalitionstrengths and weaknesses of the HCC structurespecific challenges encountered in improving health care systems

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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capabilities‘‘promising practices’’ to be shared with other coalition leaders. Questions

The overarching goal of the guidelines was to outline a

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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that allows for large numbers of burn injured victims to be cared for 3 to 5 days afteran event until such time that tertiary burn care can be secured or the patient is safe for discharge with appropriate follow-up outpatient care.

The aim of this study was to identify the perception-related challenges in civil–military coordination, and how they are perceived in the field by civil and military teams, and to investigate whether perception-related challenges and their implications have been reported in the international literature.

To demonstrate how inclusion of the Centers for Disease Control and

Measures that enable an organization to avoid, preclude or limit the impact of an undesirable event or potential disruption.

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´s Community Assessment is a test, examination or similar, designed to assess a candidate’s knowledge, understanding or skills in a defined area. DRIVER+ note 1: candidate can be a person or a solution, example given: assessment of a solution in a Trial.

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for Public Health

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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(CASPER) as a

A device, equipment or piece of software used to carry out a particular process or procedure.

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in Public Health

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning can increase public health capacity for Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action. Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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In this study, the design of the four approaches and their methodological backgrounds are explained in detail, while simultaneously elaborating on the preferred application domains for the different algorithms. The advantages and disadvantages of the four approaches are identified by qualitatively as well as quantitatively evaluating the water masks derived from data of the TanDEM-X mission for five test sites located in Vietnam, China, Germany, Mali, and the Netherlands.

e implementation of a computer-based, collaborative

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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prototype foremergency

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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in a Department of Transportation and its ability to improve organizational communication, resources and methods utilization, and best actions to follow in order to mitigate emergencies