A5076966429- Disaster Response and Management
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Tel Aviv University
2015-2024
Alzheimer's Association of Israel
2024
Sheba Medical Center
2014-2023
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2022
Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research
2012-2021
Soroka Medical Center
2019
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2018
Johns Hopkins University
2015-2018
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2018
University of Virginia
2018
To contain the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, health and government authorities have imposed sweeping self-quarantine orders for communities worldwide. Health officials assume that public will high rates of compliance. However, studies suggest a major obstacle to compliance household quarantine is concern about loss income. A cross-sectional study adult population Israel was conducted in last week February 2020 assess attitudes toward COVID-19 outbreak. In particular, with...
In Brief Context: An increase of terror-related activities may necessitate treatment mass casualty incidents, requiring a broadening existing skills and knowledge various injury mechanisms. Objective: To characterize compare injuries from gunshot explosion caused by terrorist acts. Methods: A retrospective cohort study patients recorded in the Israeli National Trauma Registry (ITR), all due to injuries, between October 1, 2000, June 30, 2002. The ITR records admissions hospitals, in-hospital...
The objective of this study was to describe demographic and injury characteristics hospitalized injured patients involved in e-bike motorized scooter accidents at a national level Israel divided by different road user groups: riders pedestrians.This retrospective based on data from the National Trauma Registry, between January 1, 2013, December 31, 2015. All casualties due involvement an or were included. type further categorized described variables.During period, Registry identified 795...
Background: TBI may be defined by different methods. Some most useful for immediate clinical purposes, however less optimal epidemiologic research. Other methods, such as the Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS), prove more beneficial this task, if cut-off-points their categories are correctly.Objective: To reveal AIS in definition of severity order to ensure uniformity between future studies TBI.Results: Mortality patients with 3, 4 was 1.9% and 2.9% respectively, comparing 31.1% among 5+....
Objective: The effects of televised trauma on the emotional well-being television viewers has received some scientific attention in recent years, suggesting that general public is placed at risk developing distress and possibly posttraumatic psychopathology as a result secondary exposure via mass media. At break war Gaza, we assessed psychological extensive news broadcasting. Method: An omnibus survey was performed two weeks into Operation Protective Edge with sample 500 participants...
BACKGROUND Hemorrhage is the leading cause of possible preventable death in battlefield. There an increasing evidence for effectiveness blood component therapy general, and plasma infusion particular but their use less applicable prehospital setting due to logistic difficulties. Israeli Defense Force has implemented freeze-dried (FDP) at point injury (POI), this adoption FDP entailed doubts regarding feasibility practice. In article, we present our experience with POI feasibility, safety,...
In the past 2 years hundreds of children in Israel have been injured terrorist attacks. There is a paucity data on epidemiology terror-related trauma pediatric population and its effect health care system. The objective this study was to review accumulated Israeli experience with medical young victims terrorism use knowledge obtained contribute preparedness personnel for future events.Data all patients who were younger than 18 hospitalized from October 1, 2000, December 31, 2001, injuries...
To suggest guidelines for hospital organization during terror-related multiple casualty incidents (MCIs) based on the experience of 6 level I trauma centers.
Abstract Objective To propose strategies and recommendations for future planning deployment of field hospitals after earthquakes by comparing the experience 4 deployed The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Medical Corps in Armenia, Turkey, India Haiti. Methods Quantitative data regarding were collected from published sources; hospital activity IDF records; qualitative information was obtained structured interviews with key figures involved missions. Results started operating between 89 262 hours...
The Boston Marathon bombing and the medical response offer several important lessons, including that remarkably low mortality rate (1%) was attributable in part to factors favoring rescuers disaster preparedness still requires planning.
In 2003, the Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (WADEM) published guidelines for evaluation and research health disaster management recommended development a uniform data reporting tool. Standardized complete related to medical response activities will facilitate interpretation results, comparisons between systems quality improvement in victims.Over two-year period, group 16 experts fields research, education, ethics operational aspects from 8 countries carried out...
Injury patterns are closely related to changes in behavior. Pandemics and measures undertaken against them may cause behavior; therefore, injury during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak can be expected when compared parallel period previous years.The aim of this study was compare injury-related hospitalization overall national lockdown with periods years.A retrospective completed all patients hospitalized from March 15 through April 30, for years 2016-2020. Data were obtained...
Each year, emergency and disaster situations claim a heavy toll in human lives economic loss. Civilian populations that are more aware prepared for emergencies resilient. The aim of this study was to explore similarities differences risk perception disasters across different societies its association with individual resilience. A cross sectional explored attitudinal factors, as expressed by diverse samples target countries Europe beyond, took place during the months January-February 2021....
Recent explosions of suicide bombers introduced new and unique profiles injury. Explosives frequently included small metal parts, increasing severity injuries, challenging both physicians healthcare systems. Timely detonation in crowded confined spaces further increased explosion effect.Israel National Trauma Registry data on hospitalized terror casualties between October 1, 2000 December 31, 2004 were analyzed.A total 1155 patients injured by studied. Nearly 30% suffered severe to critical...