A5053324297- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Disaster Response and Management
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
University of Georgia
2018-2022
2017 was a record year for disasters and disaster response in the U.S. Redefining differentiating key roles like "immediate responders" "first is critical. Traditional first responders are not cannot remain only cadre of expected lifesavers following mass casualty event. The authors argue that needs to expand its understanding include immediate responders, or those individuals who find themselves at incident scene able assist others. Through universal training education citizenry, has...
Introduction: The US, as well many countries, are being beseeched by more natural and man-made events; both small (e.g., shootings) geographically vast floods). Due to a myriad of issues, traditional first responders i.e., EMS, fire department, police cannot be expected the only trained lifesavers on scene. In US (as in countries), it is imperative begin discussion better understand role “injured” “immediate” how they interact with “first” responders. Aim: To open amongst disaster experts...
Many healthcare facilities use code-based alert systems to notify staff of ongoing emergencies via public announcement systems. This study sought assess the ability clinical and non-clinical employees across State Georgia correctly identify their facility's emergency codes, employee's opinions systems, significant predictors code identification accuracy. Anonymous electronic surveys asked 304 at five codes for 14 different emergencies. Participants identified with 44.37% accuracy on average....