Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-c4f8m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T00:52:29.276Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Editorial Comments–Staff Procedure Skills in Management Groups during Exercises in Disaster Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Bruria Adini ,
Avishay Goldberg ,
Daniel Laor ,
Robert Cohen  and
Yaron Bar-Dayan
Bruria Adini*
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Health, Israel Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Avishay Goldberg
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Department of Health Systems Management, Head of Leon and Mathilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Daniel Laor
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Health, Israel
Robert Cohen
Affiliation:
Center for Medical Education, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Yaron Bar-Dayan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command
*
E-mail: bardayan@netvision.net.il
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Editorial Review
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 322 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Rüter, A, Örtenwall, P, Vikström, T: Staff procedure skills in management groups during exercises in disaster medicine. Prehospital Disast Med 2005;22(4):318–321.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2.Klein, KR, Brandenburg, DC, Atas, JG, Maher, A: The use of trained observers as an evaluation tool for a multi-hospital bioterrorism exercise. Prehospital Disast Med 2005;20(3):159–163.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3. Clark County Multi-Jurisdictional Mass Casualty Plan. 2005. Available at http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/Administrative_services/OEM/MCI_P LAN.pdf. Accessed 24 October 2005.Google Scholar
4. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: Joint Commission Perspectives: 2001 Special issue; 21(12):1–21. Available at: http://www.jcrinc.com/subscribers/perspectives.asp?durki=1122. Accessed 15 October 2005.Google Scholar
5.Quarentelli, EL: Research Based Criteria For Evaluating Disaster Planning and Managing. International Seminar on Chernobyl and Beyond: Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Technological Disasters. Moscow, Russia: Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations; 1997.Google Scholar
6.Hsu, AB, Jenckes, MW, Catlett, CL, et al. : Effectivenessof hospital staff masscasualty incident training methods: A systematic literature review. PrehospitalDisast Med 2004;19(3):191–199.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7.Shugarman, LR, Eiseman, E, Jain, A, et al. : Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned. California: Rand Corporation; 2005.Google Scholar
8. Office of Domestic Preparedness: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. Volume, I: Overview and doctrine; 2004. Available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv1.pdf. Accessed 24 October 2005.Google Scholar
9.Einav, S, Feigenberg, Z, Weissman, C., et al. : Evacuation priorities in mass casualty terror-related events: Implications for contingency planning. Ann Surg 2004;239(3):304–310.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
10. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: Guide to preparedness, evaluation using drills and table top exercises; 2002. Available at http://www.astho.org/index.php?template=pubs.php. Accessed 24 October 2005.Google Scholar
11.Leiba, A, Goldberg, A, Hourvitz, A, et al. : Lessons learned from clinical anthrax drills: Evaluation of knowledge and preparedness for a bioterrorist threat in Israeli emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med 2006;48(2):194–199.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
12.Green, GB, Modi, S, Lunney, K, Thomas, TL: Generic evaluation methods for disaster exercises in developing countries. Ann Emerg Med 2003;41:689–689.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
13.Lynn, M, Gurr, D, Memon, A, Kaliff, J: Management of conventional mass casualty incidents: Ten Commandments for hospital planning. J Burn Care Res 2006;27(5):649–658.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
14.Gebbie, KM, Valas, J, Merrill, J, Morse, S: Role of exercises and drills in the evaluation of public health in emergency response. Prehospital Disast Med 2006;21(3):173–182.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
15.Raisbeck, G: How the choice of measures of effectiveness constrains operational analysis. Interfaces 1979;9(4):85–93.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
16.Burkle, FM Jr : Measures of effectiveness in large-scale bioterrorism events.Prehospital Disast Med 2003;18(3):258–262.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
17.Adini, B, Goldberg, A, Laor, D, et al. : Assessing levels of hospital preparedness for emergencies. Prehospital Disast Med 2006;21(6):451–457.CrossRefGoogle Scholar