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Algeria
Published in Ebby Elahi, World Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofit Organizations, 2021
Coordinates and directs international assistance following natural and manmade disasters in nonconflict situations through the world’s largest humanitarian and development network. Provides disaster-preparedness programs, healthcare activities, and promotes humanitarian values.
Utilizing Educational Media of Disaster Mitigation on Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness for Inpatient Families in Hospital
Published in Teuku Tahlil, Hajjul Kamil, Asniar, Marthoenis, Challenges in Nursing Education and Research, 2020
Cut Husna, Muzar Hafni, Mustanir Yahya, Hajjul Kamil, Teuku Tahlil
Disaster preparedness is an activity that carried out with the aim of anticipating disasters through an effective organizing (UU RI No 24, 2007). Disaster preparedness is necessary because disaster risk reduction activities are the most important element in the pre-disaster phase (LIPI-UNESCO/ISDR, 2006). Disaster risk reduction activities in the pre-disaster is by increasing the people’s capacity through training and education listed in National Medium Term Development Plan/Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional III in 2015–2019 (BAPPENAS, 2014). The Important components in disaster mitigation are the existence of information and maps of disaster-prone areas, socialization for the community, understanding what should be done and avoided during the disasters and the arrangement of disaster-prone areas (Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri No 33, 2006). Disaster mitigation materials include the introduction of disasters, the causes of disasters, as well as the strategies before, during, and after disaster happened. The assessment components for earthquakes and tsunami disaster preparedness for family according to LIPI-UNESCO/ISDR, 2006, including knowledge, emergency action plans, disaster warning systems, and resource mobilization in hospital setting in disaster preparedness and response.
Principles and theories
Published in Emily Ying Yang Chan, Disaster Public Health and Older People, 2019
The temporal cycle of most disasters may be divided into three phases: pre-impact phase, impact phase and post-impact phase. The pre-impact phase is the period before the onset of a disaster, when there is the greatest potential for prevention and preparedness efforts might be organised and implemented to reduce the negative health impact of disasters. Two key approaches, disaster preparedness and mitigation, are vital activities in this phase. Disaster preparedness refers to activities undertaken by health professionals to ensure timely and efficient response systems when disasters strike, as well as actions taken at the community and individual levels to maximise resilience and protect against and minimise physical and emotional damage resulting from disasters. Mitigation involves measures deployed to reduce the health risk posed by hazards. A natural hazard may affect both the natural and built environments and result in a disaster if appropriate mitigation measures are not taken to reduce the vulnerability of these environments beforehand or protect the population from being exposed to the hazard.
Managing blood supplies during natural disasters, humanitarian emergencies, and pandemics: lessons learned from COVID-19
Published in Expert Review of Hematology, 2023
Tayler A. Van Denakker, Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Rita Feghali, Richard Gammon, Cynthia So-Osman, Elizabeth P. Crowe, Ruchika Goel, Herleen Rai, Aaron A.R. Tobian, Evan M. Bloch
There are four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery [17]. The mitigation phase focuses on measures to prevent or minimize the impact of the disaster. In the context of the blood supply, measures include maintenance of a stable blood inventory, consistent blood collections, and routine inventory monitoring. The preparedness phase includes disaster preparedness planning, which emphasizes communication and coordination among involved parties (i.e. blood centers, hospital transfusion services, hospital management). The response phase involves activation of disaster preparedness plans, in concert with initiation of efforts to combat the effects (direct and/or indirect) on the blood supply. Direct effects stem from the need for blood to address the surge in demand from trauma/mass injury, or reduction of blood donation in the case of outbreak [18]. Indirect effects relate to damage to infrastructure, thus disrupting blood collection, processing or distribution of blood. Finally, the recovery phase focuses on restoration of services to levels that existed prior to the event. While some challenges are shared, each disaster presents its own demands on the blood banking community [19].
After the Storm Has Passed: Barriers to Preparing U.S. Community Hospitals for the Next Pandemic and Other Disasters
Published in Hospital Topics, 2023
A survey study was undertaken in New York in 2017 to learn how prepared were the state’s community hospitals for disaster events. The study evaluated six elements of disaster preparedness: Disaster plan development, onsite surge capacity, available materials and resources, disaster education and training, disaster preparedness funding levels, and perception of disaster preparedness. Eighty hospitals completed surveys. Among the general findings, 87.5% reported experiencing a disaster event in the five years prior to the survey. Eighty percent had disaster plans that addressed six major categories of disasters, but only 17.5% of respondents felt their disaster plans were “very sufficient”. In a disaster, 73.3% of hospitals indicated they would be able to continue operation for less than a week without external resources. Less than one-third (31.3%) of respondents could increase their bed capacity by more than 15% in a surge situation. Interestingly, 88.8% of respondents perceived barriers to preparedness, including: Staff training (81.7%), time constraints (78.9%), competing resources and spending priorities (74.7%), unfunded mandates for disaster preparedness (57.8%), and regulatory and accreditation compliance issues (38.0%) (Vick et al. 2018).
The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Disaster Preparedness: A Cross-sectional Study of Older Adults over the Age of 75 Requiring Special Care in Japan
Published in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2022
Yuka Hattori, Mayuko Hiramatsu, Tokiko Isowa, Akiko Kitagawa, Mayumi Tsujikawa
Disaster preparedness can be defined as the knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions (United Nations, 2009). One of the most effective ways to mitigate the effect of a disaster is through proper individual disaster preparedness (Keim, 2008). Especially, it is important for older adults to not only make general preparations, including an evacuation plan, water, and nonperishable foods, but also to talk in advance with neighbors or case managers about getting help from them, and preparing medications, medical prescription records, and mobility aids (American Red Cross, 2013).