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Rosenthal MS, Klein K, Cowling K, Grzybowski M, Dunne R. Disaster Modeling: Medication Resources Required for Disaster Team Response. Prehosp Disaster Med 2012; 20:309-15. [PMID: 16295167 DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00002764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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AbstractIntroduction:Responses to disasters involve many factors beyond personnel, such as medical andnon-medical equipment and supplies. When disaster teams respond, they must do so with sufficient amounts of medicine and supplies to manage all of the patients expected for several days before re-supply. In order for this process to be efficient and expedient, accurate and advanced planning for supplies needed by disaster workers is necessary. These supplies must provide for general medical care and for hazard-specific problems.Objective:To develop a model that provides the framework for determining supply requirements for the National Disaster Medical System, Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, or other responding disaster teams in a civilian environment.Methods:A community hospital was modeled to determine patient characteristics when presenting to an emergency department (ED), including patient demographics and chief complaint, medications administered during the emergency department visit and prescribed at discharge, and laboratory tests ordered to assess disaster team supply requirements. Data were downloaded from a patient tracking software package and abstracted from various hospital data information systems. Data from the community hospital were compared with data published from two hurricane disasters by members of the National Disaster Medical System.Results:To the extent possible, the model predicted the proportion of patient complaints and, therefore, the medicine and supplies needed for the management of these patients.Conclusion:This model offers a first step in preparing disaster medical teams for deployment.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disaster Planning/methods
- Emergency Medical Services/organization & administration
- Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data
- Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration
- Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data
- Hospitals, Community/organization & administration
- Hospitals, Community/statistics & numerical data
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Michigan
- Middle Aged
- Models, Organizational
- Organizational Case Studies
- Pharmaceutical Preparations/supply & distribution
- Pharmacy Service, Hospital/organization & administration
- Pharmacy Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data
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- Marc S Rosenthal
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sinai-Grace Hospital/DMC, Wayne State University, 6071 W. Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48235, USA.
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Demers AL, Mamary E, Ebin VJ. Creating opportunities for training California's public health workforce. THE JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2011; 31:64-69. [PMID: 21425362 DOI: 10.1002/chp.20102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Today there are significant challenges to public health, and effective responses to them will require complex approaches and strategies implemented by a qualified workforce. An adequately prepared workforce requires long-term development; however, local health departments have limited financial and staff resources. Schools and programs accredited by the Council for Education on Public Health (CEPH) are required to provide continuing education but are constrained by the lack of resources, limited time, and geography. METHOD To meet these challenges, a statewide university/community collaborative model for delivering continuing education programs was developed. A needs assessment of California's public health workforce was conducted to identify areas of interest, and two continuing education trainings were developed and implemented using innovative distance education technology. RESULTS Thirty-six percent of the participants completed electronic evaluations of learning outcomes and use of the digital technology platform. Participants indicated a significant increase in knowledge, reported that the trainings were cost effective and convenient, and said that they would participate in future online trainings. Collaborative partners found that this model provides a cost-effective, environmentally sound, and institutionally sustainable method for providing continuing education to public health professionals. DISCUSSION Offering continuing education via distance technology requires substantial institutional infrastructure and resources that are often beyond what many public institutions can provide alone. This project provides a model for collaborating with community partners to provide trainings, using a digital technology platform that requires minimal training and allows presenters and participants to log on from anywhere there is Internet access.
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- Anne L Demers
- Health Science Department, San José State University, CA, USA.
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Buyum A, Dubruiel N, Torghele K, Alperin M, Miner KR. Can Summits Lead to Curricula Change? An Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness Summits for Schools of Nursing in Georgia. J Contin Educ Nurs 2009; 40:210-5. [DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20090422-04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Multipatient disaster scenario design using mixed modality medical simulation for the evaluation of civilian prehospital medical response: a "dirty bomb" case study. Simul Healthc 2009; 1:72-8. [PMID: 19088580 DOI: 10.1097/01.sih.0000244450.35918.5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Masterson L, Steffen C, Brin M, Kordick MF, Christos S. Willingness to Respond: Of Emergency Department Personnel and Their Predicted Participation in Mass Casualty Terrorist Events. J Emerg Med 2009; 36:43-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Revised: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Littleton-Kearney MT, Slepski LA. Directions for disaster nursing education in the United States. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2008; 20:103-9, viii. [PMID: 18206590 PMCID: PMC7134936 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Because of their diverse education, experience, and practice settings, nurses are uniquely qualified to be first receivers, care givers, and leaders in any large-scale public health emergency. Many nurses, however, continue to feel inadequately prepared to function effectively in these types of situations. Great strides have been made since 2001, but much work remains to be accomplished. This article focuses on newer approaches used to teach nurses the principles of disaster preparedness. It also addresses the need to incorporate mass casualty care and disaster management skills into undergraduate curricula, continuing nurse education, and advanced degree programs for nurses in the United States.
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Torghele K, Buyum A, Dubruiel N, Augustine J, Houlihan C, Alperin M, Miner KR. Logic Model Use in Developing a Survey Instrument for Program Evaluation: Emergency Preparedness Summits for Schools of Nursing in Georgia. Public Health Nurs 2007; 24:472-9. [PMID: 17714232 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00658.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The objective of this paper is to describe a method for using a logic model to guide program evaluation by detailing the steps used, providing diagrams that visually depict the process, and giving an example based on the evaluation of emergency preparedness nursing summits in Georgia. Developing a logic model is an ideal way to visually depict the inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes of a program, thus providing a clear framework of the workings and functions of the program. In planning a comprehensive evaluation, being able to view all the elements in a program and how they interrelate makes it easier to determine the areas that should be addressed. When a survey is part of a program evaluation, determining that the goals, objectives, research questions, logic model, and survey questions maintain consistency in the way they relate and lead to each other can help document the completeness and symmetry of the assessment. By showing these linkages, the utility of the logic model is maximized and the stakeholders in the assessment of the program have clear evidence that their expectations and needs have been met for a valuable, useful evaluation product.
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MESH Headings
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Clinical Competence
- Curriculum
- Data Collection
- Disaster Planning/organization & administration
- Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration
- Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration
- Education, Nursing, Graduate/organization & administration
- Emergencies
- Faculty, Nursing
- Georgia
- Humans
- Models, Educational
- Models, Organizational
- Nurse's Role
- Nursing Education Research/organization & administration
- Organizational Objectives
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care/organization & administration
- Program Development
- Program Evaluation/methods
- Program Evaluation/standards
- Public Health Nursing/education
- Public Health Nursing/organization & administration
- Schools, Nursing/organization & administration
- Surveys and Questionnaires
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Affiliation(s)
- Karen Torghele
- Public Health Informatics Institute, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Decatur, Georgia 30030, USA.
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Syrett JI, Benitez JG, Livingston WH, Davis EA. Will emergency health care providers respond to mass casualty incidents? PREHOSP EMERG CARE 2007; 11:49-54. [PMID: 17169876 DOI: 10.1080/10903120601023388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Emergency response plans often call on health care providers to respond to the workplace outside of their normal working pattern. HYPOTHESIS Providers will report to work during a mass casualty emergency regardless of family duties, type of incident, or availability of treatment. METHODS Survey of emergency personnel needed to respond to a mass casualty incident. Two scenarios were presented: one involving the release of a nontransmissible biological agent with proven treatment and the other the release of a transmissible biological agent with no treatment. At critical time points, participants were asked whether they would report to work. Additional questions considered the effect of commonly used treatment dissemination methods. RESULTS A total of 186 surveys were issued and returned. (45 physicians, 29 nurses, 86 EMS personnel, and 20 support staff); 6 were incomplete and excluded. Initial commitment rates were 78%. The highest commitment rate identified was 84% and the lowest was 18%. Any treatment dissemination method excluding providers' family members led to decreases in commitment rate, as did agents identified to be transmissible. CONCLUSIONS As an event develops, fewer health care providers will report to work and at no time will all providers report when asked. This conclusion may be generalizable to several types of incidents ranging from pandemic influenza to bioterrorism. Identification of the causative agent is a major decision point for providers to return to or stay away from work. Offering on-site treatment of providers' family increases commitment to work. These factors should be considered in emergency planning.
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- James I Syrett
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Finger Lakes Regional Poison & Drug Information Center (JEB), University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Buitrago Serna MJ, Casas Flecha I, Eiros-Bouza JM, Escudero Nieto R, Giovanni Fedele C, Jado García I, Pozo Sánchez F, Rubio Muñoz JM, Sánchez-Seco Fariñas MP, Valdezate Ramos S, Verdejo Ortes J. [Biodefense: a new challenge for microbiology and public health]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2007; 25:190-8. [PMID: 17335699 DOI: 10.1157/13099372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bioterrorism and the potential use of biological weapons has become an important concern of governments and responsible authorities. An example of this threat occurred in 2001 in the USA, when letters were sent containing spores of the agent that produces anthrax; this resulted in some deaths, and caused panic and negative effects on the world economy. If this small-scale event was able to cause such a huge impact, the repercussions of a massive attack could be catastrophic. In many countries, these events have resulted in the implementation of measures directed toward preventing and responding to bioterrorist threats and acts. As a whole, these measures are known as biodefense. This article briefly analyzes several aspects related to detecting and identifying acts of bioterrorism, and considers the biological agents that are implicated. The microbiological diagnosis that allows identification of the causal agent, a key point for taking suitable control measures, is also included.
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Shih FY, Yen MY, Wu JS, Chang FK, Lin LW, Ho MS, Hsiung CA, Su IJ, Marx MA, Sobel H, King CC. Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:354-7. [PMID: 17326030 DOI: 10.1086/508835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2005] [Accepted: 03/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Because the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Taiwan in 2003 was worsened by hospital infections, we analyzed 229 questionnaires (84.8% of 270 sent) completed by surveyed healthcare workers who cared for patients with SARS in 3 types of hospitals, to identify surveillance problems. Atypical clinical presentation was the most often reported problem, regardless of hospital type, which strongly indicates that more timely syndromic surveillance was needed.
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- Fuh-Yuan Shih
- College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, No. 17 Xu Zhou Road, Taipei City, Taiwan 100, China
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Fry DE. Disaster Planning for Unconventional Acts of Civilian Terrorism. Curr Probl Surg 2006; 43:253-315. [PMID: 16581341 DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2006.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Donald E Fry
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA
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Ablah E, Molgaard CA, Fredrickson DD, Wetta-Hall R, Cook DJ. Quantitative Evaluation of “Can It Happen in Kansas: Response to Terrorism and Emerging Infections”. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE 2005; Suppl:S17-24. [PMID: 16205538 DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200511001-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE This study describes the evaluation of a 2-year plan to train 10 percent of Kansas' multidisciplinary health professionals for response to terrorism and emerging infections. This project was part of a national effort covering 19 states funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration in 2003. METHODS The initial training occurred in six 2-day workshops. A terrorism preparedness questionnaire was developed to assess Health Resources and Services Administration terrorism response competencies/learning objectives. These were measured before, after, and 3 months after training in a hybrid cross-sectional and cohort follow-up design. RESULTS Health professionals' mean scores significantly improved on all four Health Resources and Services Administration terrorism self-reported competencies from pretest to posttest. Three months posttraining, health professionals' mean scores decreased slightly but remained significantly higher than their pretest scores. CONCLUSIONS This project prepared healthcare professionals to respond to the medical consequences of terrorism. The integration of core competencies into the evaluation plan allowed for trainees to evaluate their confidence and abilities. The evaluation plan and curriculum may serve as useful tools for preparation of healthcare workers nationwide, with the potential to rebuild the public health infrastructure to assume preparedness responsibilities.
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- Elizabeth Ablah
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas, Wichita, KS 67214, USA.
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Respiratory medical societies throughout the world have an important role in helping governments to develop public policy to counter the threat of bioterrorism.
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- T G O'Riordan
- Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York, USA.
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