02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: American Public Health Association (APHA). Published: 2/2019. This 18-page resource guide highlights much of the important work on the threat to human health from climate change, performed to date by individuals and organizations in many countries, whose efforts have already identified solutions to climate-related health challenges. It contains key health and climate resources, including articles, consensus documents, fact sheets, toolkits, infographics, and important Web sites. (PDF)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 2/2019. This 56-page document provides an update to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Rule (EP Rule); adds emerging infectious diseases to the definition of all-hazards approach; provides new Home Health Agency citations; and lists clarifications under alternate source power and emergency standby systems. In light of events such as the Ebola virus and Zika, CMS believes that facilities should consider preparedness and infection prevention within their all-hazards approach, which covers both natural and man-made disasters. (PDF)
01/29/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Published: 1/29/2019. This one-hour, six-minute webinar discusses how the decisions to sort, assess, treat, and transport the many injured in one or several close locations after a sudden onset disaster are a challenge to balance resources in an ethical manner. It covers the Model Uniform Core Criteria (MUCC), review of (most) mass casualty triage systems, and exercise design and evaluation. (Video or Multimedia)
01/24/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Published: 1/24/2019. The presenters in this 23-minute webinar offer a deeper understanding of the evidence on the prevalence, patterns, and impacts of child neglect in humanitarian contexts; identify situations of neglect; and determine risk factors for neglect. The webinar summarizes the key findings and highlights the recommendations of the recently published report: Child Neglect in Humanitarian Settings: Literature Review and Recommendations for Strengthening Prevention and Response. (Video or Multimedia)
09/27/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Published: 9/27/2018. Responses to humanitarian emergencies and crises rarely include palliative care, the discipline devoted to preventing and relieving suffering rather than to specific diseases, organs, or technical skills. This 50-minute presentation, based on a new guidance document from the World Health Organization (WHO), describes the medical and moral necessity of integrating palliative care and pain relief into responses to humanitarian emergencies and crises of all types. It describes an essential package of palliative care interventions, medicines, equipment, and human resources for humanitarian emergencies and crises. (Video or Multimedia)
07/26/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Published: 7/26/2018. This 39-minute presentation will help guide emergency physicians providing emergency medical services (EMS) to navigate through common ethical issues confronted in the pre-hospital delivery of care, including protecting privacy and confidentiality, decision-making capacity and refusal of treatment, withholding of treatment, and termination of resuscitation. This requires a strong foundation in the principles and theories underlying sound ethical decisions that emergency and prehospital providers make every day in good faith, but will now also make with more awareness and conscientiousness. (Video or Multimedia)
06/20/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Published: 6/20/2018. The Nepal Earthquake of 2015, a 7.8 magnitude quake, struck near the city of Kathmandu in central Nepal on April 25, 2015. This 33-minute webinar discusses how patients started arriving at Dhulikhel Hospital in Kathmandu that day, when the hospital commenced free medical services immediately after the earthquake. All five operating rooms at the hospital treated earthquake trauma victims for nearly 24 hours a day for more than a week. (Video or Multimedia)
05/21/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health. Published: 5/21/2018. This preliminary 26-page report provides an update on the activities for the Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico project. The study includes two major components: an assessment of excess mortality as a result of the hurricane, and a review of the communication process before and after the hurricane to examine the preparation and dissemination of hurricane-related public health and mortality information, as well as an assessment of public perceptions about the communications received in light of experiences during the hurricane. (PDF)
03/30/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Sequoia Project. Published: 3/30/2018. The purpose of this 17-page document is to provide a resource to states, cities, counties, and other jurisdictions that wish to provide disaster health volunteers with secure access to an individual’s health records in the event of a disaster. It was developed by Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE), which addresses a unique need for timely and accurate health information about specific individuals who are disconnected from their regular healthcare support network due to a natural or man-made disaster. It includes a self-assessment that can be used by states and jurisdictions to evaluate whether they have a demonstrable need for PULSE. (PDF)
03/08/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: Sequoia Project. Published: 3/8/2018. This two-page checklist will help a state, county, city, or other jurisdiction assess the strategic fit of Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE), which addresses a unique need for timely and accurate health information about specific individuals who are disconnected from their regular healthcare support network due to a natural or man-made disaster. The checklist also assesses the jurisdiction’s readiness to implement and support PULSE. Topics include Perceived Value of Patient Health Record Access in Disaster Response, Characteristics of Disasters Which Create Demand for Patient Record Lookup, and Potential Overlap or Conflict with Existing Programs. (PDF)
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