Disaster Planning - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nuclear plant emergency preparedness in Russia.

30 Oct 2009 An international team of experts conducted a detailed operational review at the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant. The review was the first mission by an International Atomic Energy Agency Operational Safety Review Team to Russia in over a decade. The ... Read more...

Surge capacity volunteer perspectives on a field training exercise specifically designed to emphasize likely roles during a disaster response.

30 Oct 2009 Experience gained from involvement in a number of emergency response activities since September 2001 in Texas indicated that the likely roles of statewide medical reserve corps units typically included aspects such as crowd control, registration and ... Read more...

Experience with mass casualties in a subcontinent earthquake.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: A massive earthquake struck North Pakistan on 8 October 2005. The objective of this study was to evaluate the types of injuries and the procedures carried out on the admitted casualties, and to present recommendations based on these ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Disaster Planning - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nuclear plant emergency preparedness in Russia. 30 Oct 2009
• Surge capacity volunteer perspectives on a field training exercise specifically designed to emphasize likely roles during a disaster response. 30 Oct 2009
• Philippines struggles to recover from typhoons. 29 Oct 2009
• Medical relief efforts in Sumatra and Pacific islands are stepped up. 4 Oct 2009
• Experience with mass casualties in a subcontinent earthquake. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects on health of volunteers deployed during a disaster. 30 Aug 2009
• Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies. 20 Aug 2009
• Public health emergency preparedness at the local level: results of a national survey. 15 Aug 2009
• Public health preparedness for two mass gathering events in the context of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009--Serbia, July 2009. 4 Aug 2009
• Enhancing hospital surge capacity for mass casualty events. 3 Aug 2009
• Be prepared. When a virus outbreak hits, hospital leaders must ready more beds, educate patients, and keep staff in the loop. 30 Jul 2009
• Preventing unintentional pediatric injuries at evacuation centers. 30 Jul 2009
• Regional interoperability: making systems connect in complex disasters. 30 Jul 2009
• Lessons learned for pediatric disaster preparedness from September 11, 2001: New York City trauma centers. 30 Jul 2009
• Leadership and hospital preparedness: disaster management and emergency services in pediatrics. 30 Jul 2009
• Los Angeles County addresses pediatric needs using the disaster resource center program. 30 Jul 2009
• Pediatric disaster preparedness: are we really prepared? 30 Jul 2009
• Introduction pediatric disaster and emergency services national summit. 30 Jul 2009
• Trauma system: the backbone of disaster preparedness. 30 Jul 2009
• Promoting mental health recovery after hurricanes Katrina and Rita: what can be done at what cost. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Disaster Planning'

Definition: Procedures outlined for the care of casualties and the maintenance of services in disasters.

Descriptor UI: D004189

Alternative terms: Disaster Planning; Planning, Disaster; Disaster Relief Planning; Disaster Relief Plannings; Planning, Disaster Relief; Plannings, Disaster Relief; Relief Planning, Disaster; Relief Plannings, Disaster;

Related Mesh Headings: Civil Defense;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; organization & administration; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N06.230.100.035;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: specify disaster (IM) if pertinent; specify geog if pertinent