Intensive care clinicians are often uncertain as to what triage truly means and entails in a
disaster situation. Their uncertainty likely stems from a lack of experience among clinicians …

Background. Terrorism, disease outbreaks, and other natural disasters and mass casualty
events have pushed health care and public health systems to identify and refine emergency …

Context The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is stressing health care
systems throughout the world. Significant numbers of patients are being admitted to the …

Disasters are becoming increasingly frequent, calamitous, and expensive. The constant
increase of disasters and more exposure of people, facilities, built environment and assets …

BACKGROUND This article provides consensus suggestions for expanding critical care
surge capacity and extension of critical care service capabilities in disasters or pandemics. It …

Planned organizational change has a long history in formal organizations of all types. A
model of planned organizational change from the existing literature can be used to identify a …

Disaster response operations typically involve multiple decision-makers, and each decision-
maker needs to make its decisions given only incomplete information on the current …

Background Disasters are increasing worldwide, with Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being one
of the most prone regions. Hospitals play a key role in disasters. This study provides a …

Background/Objectives: Emergency Medical Response Systems (EMRSs) play a vital role in
delivering medical aid during natural and man-made disasters. This quantitative research …

Background Tanzania has witnessed several disasters in the past decade, which resulted in
substantial mortality, long-term morbidity, and significant socio-economic losses. Health care …