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Practice, disaster preparation training needs, and associated factors in nursing staffs operating at Amhara regional state referral hospitals in Ethiopia [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Background: Natural & human-made disasters are occurring at alarming rates around the world, necessitating more training and preparing frontline emergency department nurses.
Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne
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Disaster preparedness of Australian hospital networks: a qualitative study with key actors. [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective Disasters can have a disproportionate impact on highly vulnerable hospitalised patients. Managers preparing hospital networks for disasters play an important role in enhancing networks’ readiness by creating disaster plans and imparting that ...
Naru FS +4 more
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Understanding community residents' disaster preparedness: is cognitive resilience a solution? [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Effective disaster preparedness is essential for public health. This study examined how sociodemographic factors and cognitive flexibility relate to disaster preparedness among urban community residents.
Cakir B, Cevik C.
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Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2021 Background: Nurses play an essential role in the hospital’s response to accidents and disasters. Assessing nurses’ preparedness is the starting point to improve and increase their preparedness for disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the
Hamidreza Shabanikiya +2 more
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Institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Faculty and administrator experiences
Current Issues in Education, 2021 The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic required shifts in operations for institutions of higher education everywhere. Faculty and administrators were asked to adapt to meet the needs of students.
Narketta Sparkman-Key +2 more
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Higher Education Students’ Disaster Awareness, Preparedness, and Resiliency Preparation
Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2023 Natural disaster affects everyone’s lives regardless of position and status in life but its impact can be mitigated by doing necessary preparations. This survey-correlational research design aimed to determine the disaster awareness, preparedness, and ...
Mary Grace C. Malonecio
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A literature review: model of disaster risk reduction for decision support system [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Disaster is a threat to human life. Many losses are caused by disasters, namely loss of life, injured people, loss of homes, and others. In addition, the frequency and intensity of disasters are also increasing every year. Therefore, research on Disaster
Jojok Widodo Soetjipto +2 more
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Nature, 2005 Based on the experience of hoteliers caught in the blackout of '03, this checklist will help managers plan for power interruptions due to either man-made or natural causes. An organized approach to disaster planning provides a guide for maintaining guest service and for supporting the staff members who will provide that service in difficult ...
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Progress in Disaster Science, 2021 Household evacuation preparation time is important to ensure safe and successful evacuations and is essential for the estimation of the total evacuation time during a disaster.
Md Atikur Rahman +2 more
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Extreme snowfall and residential care: A case report of a 2‐year‐old girl with heart failure
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 In residential care, the daily use of social networking services with patients (and patients’ families) helps prepare for a potential disaster. This enables health workers to continue providing essential care even during disasters, while saving human and
Hirotomo Miyatake +5 more
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