{"title":"Open Call for Letters and Stories from the Field","authors":"Tener Goodwin Veenema PhD, MPH, MS, CPNP","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Page 96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91780576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marlene Fishman MPH, CIC, Glenn G. Fort MD, MPH, Gail Jackson RN, BSN, CIC, Dennis J. Mikolich MD, Nancy Vallande MSM, MT(ASCP), CIC
{"title":"Patient Safety Tools: SARS, Smallpox, Monkeypox, and Avian Flu","authors":"Marlene Fishman MPH, CIC, Glenn G. Fort MD, MPH, Gail Jackson RN, BSN, CIC, Dennis J. Mikolich MD, Nancy Vallande MSM, MT(ASCP), CIC","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 86-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00034-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00034-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Page A3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00034-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137441629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Chicken Little and the Avian Influenza","authors":"Judith Stoner Halpern MS, NP, APRN, BC (Editor)","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Page 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Syndromic Surveillance: Hospital Emergency Department Participation During the Kentucky Derby Festival","authors":"Ruth Carrico PhD, RN, CIC, Linda Goss BS, RN, CIC","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Electronic syndromic surveillance may have value in detecting emerging pathogens or a biological weapons release. Hospitals that have an agile process to evaluate chief complaints of patients seeking emergency care may be able to more quickly identify subtle changes in the community's health. An easily adaptable prototype system was developed to monitor emergency department patient visits during the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, from April 16–May 14, 2002. Use of the system was continued during the same festival periods in 2003 and 2004.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Twelve area hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky, participated in a prospective analysis of the chief symptoms of patients who sought care in the emergency department during the Kentucky Derby Festival during 2002. Six hospitals were classified as computer record groups (CRG) and used their existing computerized record capabilities. The other 6 hospitals used a personal digital assistant (PDA) with customized software (PDA group). Data were evaluated by the health department epidemiologist using SaTScan, a modified version of a cancer cluster detection program, to look for clusters of cases above baseline over time and by Zip code.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>All 12 hospitals were able to collect and provide data elements during the study period. The 6 CRG hospitals were able to perform daily data transmission; however, 3 CRG hospitals were unable to interpret their data because it was transmitted in pure text format. In contrast, data from all 6 PDA group hospitals were interpretable. Real-time data analysis was compared with postevent data, and it was found that the real-time evaluation correctly identified no unusual disease activity during the study period.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The 12 hospitals participating in this study demonstrated that community-wide surveillance using computerized data was possible and that the 6 study hospitals using a PDA could quickly interpret emergency department patients' chief complaints. The emergency department chief complaints group could serve as a disease sentinel for the community.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 73-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00035-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00035-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Page A4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00035-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137441628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional medical services following a large earthquake: Proposals by doctors","authors":"Takashi Yokota MD, Seiichi Kojima MD, Hidemi Yamauchi MD, Masahito Hatori MD","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Page 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.04.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jim Augustine MD, FACEP, John T. Schoettmer MD, DBCEM, DABFP
{"title":"Evacuation of a Rural Community Hospital: Lessons Learned From an Unplanned Event","authors":"Jim Augustine MD, FACEP, John T. Schoettmer MD, DBCEM, DABFP","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A credible bomb threat forced the complete evacuation of a rural community hospital. An Incident Command System was implemented, and all 46 patients were temporarily transported and maintained at 2 local sites. They were returned to the hospital approximately 24 hours later. Only one patient experienced a complication possibly associated with the evacuation. This article discusses pertinent strategies and considerations involved in the planning and execution of a rural hospital evacuation. It further highlights the role of the emergency department medical and nursing staff throughout the evacuation process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 68-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News and Insights","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 91-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136557589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready?","authors":"Sandro Cinti MD","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An influenza pandemic is inevitable, and the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Southeast Asia has heightened concern that a disaster is imminent. Pandemic preparations are beginning around the world, and it is important for first responders, particularly disaster management personnel, to understand the difference between pandemic and epidemic influenza preparedness. This article will focus on distinguishing between an influenza epidemic and an influenza pandemic and, in light of these distinctions, how to manage the next pandemic with limited resources, particularly the absence of vaccine.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 61-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.05.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25161753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}