Mass Casualty

  • Bioterrorism and Mass Casualty Preparedness in Hospitals: United States, 2003

    Niska RW, Burt CW ABSTRACT Objective: This study examined the content of hospital terrorism preparedness emergency response plans; whether those…

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  • Preplanning Disaster Triage for Pediatric Hospitals

    TRAIN TOOLKIT Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital The Triage by Resource Allocation for IN-patient (TRAIN) matrix is a tool for pediatric…

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  • PEDIATRIC READINESS ASSESSMENT AND SCORING

    About the Project The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a national multi-­‐phase quality improvement initiative to ensure all U.S. emergency…

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  • A National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments

    Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD; Michael Ely, MHRM; Patricia Schmuhl, BA; Russell Telford, MA; Katherine E. Remick, MD; Elizabeth A. Edgerton, MD,…

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  • Neonatal Disaster Preparedness Toolkit

    Preamble Neonatal -­‐ Perinatal patients have unique needs that distinguish themselves from most other hospitalized patients. NICU patients are highly…

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  • California Disaster and Medical Surge Capacity Analysis

    Description: This report describes the current trends and demographics of the pediatric, neonatal acute care and critical care capacity in…

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  • Pediatric/Neonatal Disaster and Medical Surge Plan and Preparedness Toolkit

    Background The events of the Katrina Hurricane (2005), H1N1 Pandemic Flu (2009), Haiti Earthquake (2010) and Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Crisis (2011)…

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  • Radiation Emergencies

    A radiological or nuclear incidents occurring within the U.S. homeland or elsewhere could take a number of forms, including: contamination of food…

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  • Preparation and Planning for Chemical Emergencies

    A chemical emergency occurs when a hazardous chemical has been released and the release has the potential for harming people’s…

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  • Mass Casualty Events

    Although terrorists use a variety of methods to inflict harm and create fear, bombs are used most frequently. According to…

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