03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 3/2019. The articles in this 30-page issue of The Exchange from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) highlight lessons learned, trends, and future initiatives shared by support service staff in response to mass casualty incidents. Article topics are Nutrition and Meal Plans: An Often Neglected Pillar of Healthcare Emergency Planning; Managing Blood Supply, Demand, and Donations in a Disaster; The U.S. Blood Supply: Challenges and Opportunities; The Pharmacy Response to Patient Surge; and The Advancing and Evolving Role of Pharmacy in Preparedness and Response. (PDF)
02/28/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 2/28/2019. This Web page, updated on February 28, 2019, provides Zika travel notices for specific countries, Zika travel information for special populations, and guidance for clinicians. It includes a table detailing Zika Travel Recommendations by Traveler Type and Country Category, and an infographic on how travelers can protect themselves. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Published: 2/27/2019. This 12-page document, updated in February 2019, provides guidelines on Zika virus in pregnancy for healthcare professionals. It discusses Zika epidemiology, transmission, symptoms, and prevention. It includes advice for pregnant women and couples considering pregnancy, and recommendations for pregnant women whose partner has been to an area with risk for Zika virus transmission, and any pregnant woman with possible exposure to Zika virus, presenting with fetal ultrasound findings consistent with microcephaly. (PDF)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This resource, updated in February 2019, provides information about historical and current epidemiology of Zika virus infections, including cases in United Kingdom travelers. It provides an update on current outbreaks, and a table for the region of travel for Zika cases diagnosed in United Kingdom travelers since 2015. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This resource, updated in February 2019, provides guidance on the likelihood of sexual transmission of Zika virus and ways to prevent it. It discusses the risk of Zika virus sexual transmission, and provides a table of recommended precautions by type of individual. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This resource, updated in February 2019, provides guidance for neonatologists and pediatricians to manage confirmed and potentially infected infants born to parents who traveled to areas with active Zika virus transmission. It provides a guidance document, and an algorithm of recommendations for neonates whose mother has traveled to a country with risk for Zika transmission during pregnancy or within eight weeks before conception. (PDF)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This resource, updated in February 2019, provides guidance on who to test for Zika virus infection and which samples to collect. It discusses investigation of asymptomatic returned travelers, investigation of patients with current or previous symptoms, standard sample types for routine Zika virus testing, other samples (including obstetric and neonatal) suitable for Zika virus testing, and interpretation of Zika virus test results. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This resource, updated on February 27, 2019, provides information about countries, territories, and areas with active or past Zika transmission that have been classified into two risk categories. Topics are Zika virus risk rating for countries, territories, or areas; and an A to Z of countries and their risk ratings. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This one-page algorithm provides a pathway to determine what advice about sexual transmission of Zika virus disease is needed for male and female travelers. This advice on avoidance of conception and on barrier methods applies regardless of whether or not travelers have symptoms. (PDF)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This travel advice reflects country-specific Zika risk ratings. It discusses the latest update, travel advice, pregnancy and travel, preventing infection by mosquito bites, and further information. Particular attention is required for women who are pregnant or who are considering a pregnancy because of the risk to the developing fetus associated with Zika virus infection in pregnancy. (Text)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This two-page document provides a flowchart for assessing women who have traveled while pregnant to areas with active Zika virus transmission. Currently, this algorithm applies to women at all stages of pregnancy, although infection in early pregnancy is likely to be the greatest risk. (PDF)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/27/2019. This six-page document contains general advice and information for women returning from a country or area with risk for Zika virus transmission who are pregnant or who are considering pregnancy; advice for pregnant women who are diagnosed with Zika virus; and advice for pregnant women whose baby is thought to be affected. (PDF)
02/14/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 2/14/2019. Speakers in this one-hour webinar from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) discuss several new DIMRC activities, the NLM Exhibition Program’s new Exhibitions Connect initiative, and the activities of the NLM Web Collecting and Archiving Group. The first speaker details the CHEMM program’s new information about fourth generation agents, and NLM’s events at the 2019 Preparedness Summit on March 26-29. The second speaker highlights the Exhibition Connect initiative’s new exhibition, Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton's America. The third speaker discusses how NLM’s Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group collects born-digital web resources on public health emergencies, such as the Ebola Outbreak of 2014, the 2016 Zika Virus health threat, and most recently, the ongoing opioid epidemic. (Video or Multimedia)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). Published: 2/2019. This 43-page report provides three stories from the Mendocino Complex fire in California in July and August, 2018: a story of what happened from the perspective of the firefighters on the ground in the vicinity of the entrapment; a story of what happened from the perspective of the aviation resources assigned to the incident; and a story of what happened from the perspective of the Incident Management Teams and Agency Administrators responsible for the fire. The report includes information about medical units and hospitals that were involved in treating firefighters. (PDF)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/2019. This nine-page report provides information about a project in which TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) worked with Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (YNHHS-CEPDR) to gain insight on the perceived preparedness and response levels of primary care providers across the U.S. This work also allowed the project team to identify opportunities to support primary care provider planning efforts. The project also surveyed primary care providers, healthcare coalitions, and other response partners about engagement of practice-based primary care providers in medical surge activities. (PDF)
06/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 6/2018. The articles in this 29-page issue of The Exchange from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) highlight the healthcare response to no-notice incidents (in this case, mass shootings). Article topics are Pre-Hospital Considerations in No-Notice Incidents; The Role of Non-Trauma Hospitals in No-Notice Incidents; Trauma Hospitals and Mass Shootings; and Mass Shootings and Rural Areas. (PDF)
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