Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care: Considerations for Routine and Surge Use

12/28/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 12/2018. This 212-page report explores the potential for the use of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities. It examines the practicability of elastomeric use in health care on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by U.S. health care personnel may be larger than domestic supplies. It also addresses the issues regarding emergency stockpile management of elastomeric respiratory protective devices. (Text)

Ebola Virus Disease: For Clinicians

12/28/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 8/30/2018. This Web page provides resources for clinicians about Ebola virus disease. Categories are Ebola Virus Disease for Clinicians, Evaluating Patients, Cleaning and Disinfecting, Emergency Services, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). (Text)

Provider Resilience App

12/28/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: U.S. Department of Defense, National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2). Published: 7/9/2018. This mobile app for Android and iOS devices gives frontline providers tools to keep themselves productive and emotionally healthy as they help the nation’s service members, veterans, and their families. It gives a quick snapshot of the user’s overall resilience rating – generated through user self-assessments – and a reminder clock showing how long since the user last took a day off. It also provides stress-busting and compassion satisfaction-building tools. (Video or Multimedia)

Disaster Triage in NYS (New York State): START Triage and SMART Tags

12/28/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Published: 3/13/2018. This one-hour, 41-minute webinar defines a mass casualty incident (MCI) and the unique challenges of an MCI, and explains the differences between day-to-day triage and triage during an MCI. It discusses START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment), JumpSTART, triage coding, and the SMART tag triage system. (Video or Multimedia)

Children and Disasters: Disaster Phases

12/28/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Published: 2018. This Web page provides definitions of and information about the phases of terrorism and disaster preparedness, and lists different types of disasters, some of which occur without warning, while others leave time for preparation. It discusses the unique needs of children in disasters, and the need to ensure children's needs are addressed in all disaster preparedness plans. (Text)