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Terrorist attacks against women's healthcare facilities 1970-2018
CONCLUSION: Facilities and providers associated with women's healthcare services, particularly reproductive health, remain at risk of terror attack. Although carried out by a variety of groups and with diverse methods, these attacks appear most prevalent, or most reported, in Western society and threaten essential reproductive healthcare.PMID:37970697 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0457 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christina Sajak Gregory Jasani Reem Alfalasi Garrett Cavaliere Benjamin Lawner Source Type: research

Assessment of active shooter preparedness in US hospital systems
CONCLUSIONS: While most hospital systems have an active shooter protocol in place, these plans are infrequently practiced and generally do not include contingency arrangements for the sickest, immobile patients. The results from this study highlight a significant opportunity for improvement in American hospital safety procedures.PMID:37970698 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0458 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dylan Kahler Susan Chishimba Jodi L Eisenberg Amy J Goldberg Tony Reed Source Type: research

Challenges in handling a civilian mass pediatric disaster during flood relief in a partially inundated armed forces medical facility
CONCLUSION: Armed forces hospitals in vulnerable geoclimatic zones must address pediatric concerns in disaster management plans.PMID:37970699 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0459 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saroj Kumar Patnaik N S Lamba Aradhana Aneja Ashish Kumar Gupta Source Type: research

After action review of the COVID-19 surveillance system in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, in 2020
Am J Disaster Med. 2023 Winter;18(1):63-77. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.0460.ABSTRACTSurveillance is the backbone of any response to an infectious disease outbreak, and comprehensive evaluation of surveillance systems is crucial. However, structured evaluations of surveillance systems during the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. We conducted an after action review (AAR) of the performance of the COVID-19 surveillance system in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, during 2020 using the COVID-19-specific AAR methodology developed by the World Health Organization in combination with guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ha-Linh Quach Khanh Cong Nguyen Thai Quang Pham Ngoc-Anh Hoang Hien Hong Thi Do Dung Thi Nguyen Chu Van Ninh Emma Field Anh Duc Dang Duong Nhu Tran Ha Cam Thi Pham Anh Tu Tran Hien Tran Nguyen Nghia Duy Ngu Florian Vogt Source Type: research

Emergency medical services preparedness in mass casualty incidents: A systematic review
CONCLUSION: MCIs are so complicated that they require adequate prehospital preparedness. This study described the components of EMS preparedness in MCIs. The authorities in EMS will benefit from this framework in planning and responding to MCIs.PMID:37970701 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0461 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vahid Saadatmand Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh Hamid Reza Abbasi Mahmoud Reza Peyravi Nasrin Shokrpour Source Type: research

Victim profiles and revealed issues of type 1 Emergency Medical Team in the first minutes of a mega earthquake in Turkey
CONCLUSION: The experience of EMT in the initial relief of MEs that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 showed that a mobile type 1 EMT in the early stage while rebuilding the infrastructure is essential. From the analysis of patient profiles, it is clear that knowledge and experience of skin diseases is needed in the first minutes of MEs. In addi-tion, it has become clear that to ensure the quality of MDS for further analysis and to improve the efficiency and effec-tiveness of EMS, it is essential to have recorders in the EMS. These MDS recorders, called descriptors, must be isolated from the treating medical staf...
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Takamitsu Sakamoto Hiroyuki Suzuki Takashi Machida Hirokazu Nishimura Yukihiro Noguchi Teruyoshi Amagai Source Type: research

Characteristics of the patients consulted with emergency medicine physicians at a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination center: Prospective observational study
CONCLUSIONS: The medical staff consulted the patients with a high respiratory rate or BP with EM physicians. In addition to BP, the respiratory rate would also be necessary as a finding that suggests a patient's severity after vaccination. Therefore, it appears safer that EM physicians are always available to ensure the recipients' safety when running a new large-scale vaccination center against unknown diseases, such as COVID-19.PMID:37970696 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0456 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Soichiro Seno Takashi Nagata Kazuo Imai Takeshi Abe Shintaro Yamada Hitomi Tsunashima Seigo Yamada Akihito Hagihara Daizoh Saitoh Takashi Nishiyama Source Type: research