Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Tools to Help Care for Older Adults in Disasters

05/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (NCDMPH). Published: 5/29/2019. The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) presented this 33-minute webinar to highlight NCDMPH’s Caring for Older Adults in Disasters curriculum, which enables educators to teach health professionals about caring for older adults in disasters and can be used by a wide range of health professions. It also highlights the latest Capacity-Building Toolkit for including Aging and Disability Networks in Emergency Planning, authored by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). (Video or Multimedia)

Rapid Review of Disability and Older Age Inclusion in Humanitarian WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Interventions

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA). Published: 5/2019. This 44-page document summarizes an independent rapid review that identifies a knowledge gap in good practices and innovation for how people with disabilities and older people are included in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in humanitarian contexts. It provides a narrative on key examples and outcomes achieved, what these interventions have achieved (including quality of the evidence), how, with whom, and where. (PDF)

Full-Scale Decontamination of Bacillus Spores from Drinking Water Infrastructure

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 5/2019. The results presented in this eight-page technical brief show that several infrastructure decontamination technologies are effective at killing spores of the causative agent of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis spores) and removing them from drinking water infrastructure when tested at a full scale. The report describes research to examine full-scale decontamination of Bacillus spores from drinking water infrastructure after a contamination event with B. globigii, a nonpathogenic surrogate for anthrax. (PDF)

Feasibility Study for Reuse of Activated Carbon for the Capture of Methyl Bromide Used for Decontamination

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 5/2019. This 64-page document describes a study that quantified how well an activated carbon (AC) sample maintained its adsorption capacity for methyl bromide (MeBr) over several adsorption/desorption cycles, using three different gas conditions. Methyl bromide fumigation has been shown to be effective in decontaminating buildings contaminated with Bacillus anthracis (Ba) spores. (PDF)

Engage - Calm - Distract: Understanding and Responding to Children in Crisis

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Published: 2/2019. This 28-page resource kit provides information, strategies, and activities to help both pre-hospital and hospital emergency providers respond more quickly to the emotional needs of children and parents in crisis. Providing comfort, listening, and reducing distress reactions in children, as well as their caregivers, allows providers to focus more on providing needed medical treatment, and can lead to better immediate and long-term physical and emotional outcomes for the patient. (PDF)