The tool was feasible to use in the context of simulation-based training. Satisfactory reliability (Cronbach a) was obtained across trainers’ and trainees’ scores (analyzed jointly and separately). Moreover, trainer nurse’s ratings of the four skills correlated positively, thus indicating adequate content validity. Trainer’s and trainees’ ratings did not correlate.

The tool was feasible to use in the context of simulation-based training.ICATS-N is a tool aimed to facilitate systematic, transparent assessment of and feedback on OR nurses’ technical skills, both in the OR and in simulation-basedtraining modules.

Three fourths of the respondents (n = 136, 80%) indicated that they were not fully prepared to respond to disasters, while only 20% (n = 34) acknowledged that they felt they were adequately prepared. Respondents believed that they could function in the primary roles of educator (n = 107, 62.94%), caregiver (n = 104, 61.17%), and counselor (n = 82, 48.24%). More than half of the respondents (n = 98, 57.7%) were not aware of existing protocols of disaster management in the workplace. Courses taken in such areas as first aid (n = 79, 46.4%), field triage (n = 43, 25.29%), and basic cardiac life support (n = 57, 33.53%) were cited as important in preparing for disasters.- Hospital administrators should consider the development and formulation of disaster management protocols and provide appropriate disaster nursing education and training. Nursing curricula should incorporate basic principles of disaster management into nursing courses as a framework for addressing this critical deficit.

The introduction of the MAS-based framework. The MAS-based method provides a general solution for the study of disaster spread in resource-intensive networks.

This paper presents evidence to suggest that strategic decision-making following a shock event involves a more intuitive, less analytical and less consultative approach, while decision making in a stable environment is characterized by a more cooperative, formal and analytical process.Decision-making following a shock event tends to be simplified and fast, whereas decision-making in a stable environment tends to be comprehensive and slow. Finally, this paper will assist managers to develop strategies and policies to better manage and cope with the impact of shock events in the future.

The findings indicate that the use of organization-produced messages placed in print media may reduce negative affect, while the order of presentation in multimedia approaches may have little effect on either construct. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for those crafting public messages concerning developing crises, while suggesting that organizations must consider the highly arousing nature of televised

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messages when informing and persuading the public.

By providing a trusted knowledge base of regional risks and resources, the prototype system can support emergency managers in developing an integrated perspective on shared regional risks and in collectively exploring, assessing, and improving the efficaciousness of coordinated inter-organizational and inter-jurisdictional resource allocation strategies in virtual emergency response and readiness scenarios.

In this work, a new tool was developed to help public authorities and crisis managers prepare an evacuation plan in case of an upcoming storm surge event. This tool includes a catalog of data, the methodology which describes how to process those data to generate an action plan adapted to the actual event, and a software to simulate the process of mass-evacuation, compare different strategies and test the effects of the action levers that the authorities can pull to improve the general process.

Three general themes emerged: (a) the need for previously prepared practical protocols, (b) the need for qualified and real team working in the situation, and (c) the need to establish periodic comprehensive training programs in disaster relief nursing.

We believe that experiential learning improves the student and instructor experience and ratio, enhances interdisciplinary communication, inculcates a culture of systems analysis and appreciation for the role of systems engineering and information management in countering threats to national security, and gives precollege students an incentive to consider pursuing careers in the sciences.