Utilizing Educational Media of Disaster Mitigation on Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness for Inpatient Families in Hospital
Teuku Tahlil, Hajjul Kamil, Asniar, Marthoenis in Challenges in Nursing Education and Research, 2020
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.
Disaster Concepts and Trends
Emily Ying Yang Chan in Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters, 2017
Despite the pitfalls mentioned earlier, there is much value in classifying disasters. The objective of classification in the public health context usually includes facilitating policy and response planning to assist humanitarian action at both national and international levels, providing a rational basis for disaster preparedness decision-making and providing an objective basis for vulnerability assessment and priority setting (Below et al., 2009). In summary, classifying disasters by cause is imperfect but it serves to foster systematic understanding and recording of disaster events such that key stakeholders can thereby make informed decisions about humanitarian action and take appropriate disaster preparedness measures during non-disaster phases.
Trauma: A global perspective
Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Chris Wright in Trauma Care Pre-Hospital Manual, 2018
In large-scale natural disasters with damage or overwhelming of the local and national healthcare facilities, rapid and well-coordinated international relief efforts are of the utmost importance. In some cases, individual countries have opted for evacuating their own citizens from the disaster area (24). In an analysis of the fatalities caused by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, the major causes of death were drowning in 40%, injury and trauma in 25% and heat-related illness in 11%. People of 75 years old and older formed the most affected population cohort. The authors recommended that future disaster preparedness efforts should focus on evaluating and caring for vulnerable populations, including those in hospitals, long-term care facilities and their own homes (25).
Natural disaster preparedness in college students: Implications for institutions of higher learning
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2018
Mathew A. Tkachuck, Stefan E. Schulenberg, Elicia C. Lair
Around the same time Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution reemphasizing the need for more emergency preparedness measures.1 The Federal Emergency Management Agency, whose mission is to support the nation in mitigating the impact of all hazards, provides an infrastructure, or “National Preparedness System,” for a disaster preparedness plan.2 Disaster preparedness is defined as the action taken by an individual, community, or jurisdiction which increases the ability to effectively respond to a disaster3 and therefore, by definition, is an essential component in mitigating the negative impact of natural disasters. The current study initiates a research-based approach to further inform what factors are related to, and most helpful in measuring, disaster preparedness through the investigation of the experiences, perceptions and attitudes of students enrolled at a southeastern U.S. university.
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).
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).
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