Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.09.001
Kazuo Inoue MD
Sudden death from pulmonary thromboembolism following an earthquake has not been reported to date. This is a published case report of a 48-year-old woman who died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism on October 28, 2004. She lived in the Chuetu District in Japan, where a big epicentral earthquake occurred on October 23. She evacuated her house with her family and spent 4 of 5 nights in a private car. Until November 1, 8 persons who had been living out of their cars after evacuation from their houses in the District were treated for pulmonary thromboembolism. The immobility that comes with living in a car should be recognized as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism. In addition, potential preventive measures should be recommended, including provisions for emergency shelters, access to other temporary housing, public education, and the use of compression stockings.
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Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00122-7
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Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.002
Commander Kim Lippes
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Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00123-9
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Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.006
Judith Stoner Halpern MS, NP, APRN-BC
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Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.11.001
Royce Moser Jr. MD, MPH, Colleen Connelly BSN, RN, Lloyd Baker BA, Richard Barton MD, Jan Buttrey MBA, Stephen Morris MD, Jeffrey Saffle MD, Jolene R. Whitney MPA
In 2003, the Utah State Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for burn or critical trauma patients. A prior article discussed the planning procedures and process. This article describes the major components of the plan, including analysis of threats, direction and control, activation and system response; communications; and critical issues.
{"title":"Development of a State Medical Surge Plan, Part II: Components of a Medical Surge Plan","authors":"Royce Moser Jr. MD, MPH, Colleen Connelly BSN, RN, Lloyd Baker BA, Richard Barton MD, Jan Buttrey MBA, Stephen Morris MD, Jeffrey Saffle MD, Jolene R. Whitney MPA","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2003, the Utah State Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for burn or critical trauma patients. A prior article discussed the planning procedures and process. This article describes the major components of the plan, including analysis of threats, direction and control, activation and system response; communications; and critical issues.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"4 1","pages":"Pages 19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.11.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25755666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.005
Mary Connelly RN
An Illinois volunteer emergency response team was deployed to assist in the disaster care efforts following Hurricane Katrina. The team joined local care providers to establish a field hospital on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team worked to support local providers, establish order, and assist more than 3000 evacuees. The challenges and lessons learned from this deployment are identified.
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{"title":"Regional Medicine Following a Large Earthquake: Economy-class Syndrome","authors":"Takashi Yokota MD, Seiichi Kojima MD, Hidemi Yamauchi MD, Masahito Hatori MD","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"4 1","pages":"Page 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25756238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.001
Chiehwen Ed Hsu PhD, Francisco Soto Mas MD, PhD, MPH, Holly Jacobson PhD, Richard Papenfuss PhD, Ella T. Nkhoma MPH, James Zoretic MD, MPH
Emergency readiness has become a public health priority for United States communities after the 9/11 attacks. Communities that have a less developed public health infrastructure are challenged to organize preparedness and response efforts and to ensure that health care providers are capable of caring for victims of terrorist acts. A survey was used to assess non-urban physicians' prior experience with and self-confidence in treating, and preferred training needs for responding to chemical, biologic, radiologic, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) cases. Data were collected through a mailed and Web-based survey. Although the response rate was calculated at 30%, approximately one third of the surveys were not able to be delivered. Most respondents reported never having seen or treated CBRNE-inflicted cases and were not confident in their ability to diagnose or treat CBRNE cases, but many were willing to participate in a state-led response plan. Almost half of the individuals had not participated in any related training but expressed interest in receiving training in small group workshops or through CD-ROM. These results provide potential direction for strategic preparedness planning for non-urban health care providers.
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Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.005
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