The Need for a Global Health Disaster Network

Libman, Ingrid; LaPorte, Ronald E.; Akazawa, Shunichi; Boostrom, Eugene; Glosser, Caryle; Marler, Eric; Pretto, Ernesto A.; Sauer, François; Villasenor, Anthony; Young, Frank E.; Ochi, Genro

doi:10.1017/s1049023x00037146

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“…Similar to this study result, Lee (2004) stated that the major difficulty in Taiwan at the early stage of the SARS epidemic was a lack of information and knowledge. Likewise, Hong Kong and Western scholars also pointed out that one of the major difficulties with natural hazards is knowing where to find accurate information and how to coordinate efforts by sharing accurate information in a quick and organized manner (Burkle, 1995;Libman et al, 1997;Mok et al, 2005). Providing nurses with SARS-related knowledge would decrease uncertainty (Mishel, 1990(Mishel, , 1997Mok et al, 2005) and allow them to become involved in making decisions, thus making them aware of alternatives as well as the anticipated consequences of each possible course of action.…”

Section: The Need To Establish Efficient Local and National Collaboramentioning

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Dying and caring on the edge: Taiwan's surviving nurses' reflections on taking care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Shih¹,

Gau

Kao

et al. 2007

Applied Nursing Research

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In 2003, Taiwan's nurses were terrified by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and four of them sacrificed their life in the course of their work with SARS patients. This study attempted to identify the stage-specific difficulties encountered by Taiwan's surviving frontline nurses during the anti-SARS process. A two-step within-method qualitative triangulation research design was used to obtain the in-depth and confidential thoughts of 200 participants during the precaring, tangible caring, and postcaring stages. Six major types of stage-specific difficulties with and threats to the quality of care of SARS patients were identified according to each specific stage of the caring process. Four themes were further explored; these are discussed to provide a background context in obtaining better understanding of the multifaceted needs of nurses during this crisis. Consequently, a conceptual framework was developed to depict this complex phenomenon.

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Section: The Need To Establish Efficient Local and National Collaboramentioning

confidence: 99%

Dying and caring on the edge: Taiwan's surviving nurses' reflections on taking care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Shih¹,

Gau

Kao

et al. 2007

Applied Nursing Research

111

243

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“…The establishment of a global information network has been suggested. This would be in place before a disaster occurs, and could link all relief communication efforts 50 , 57 . It also could be supported by standardized flow charts for deploying international disaster assistance, 58 and use of standardized essential minimum data sets 50 …”

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Leadership and Use of Standards by Australian Disaster Medical Assistance Teams: Results of a National Survey of Team Members

Aitken

Leggat

Robertson

et al. 2012

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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In this study of Australian DMAT members, there was unanimous support for a clear command structure in future deployments, with clearly defined team roles and reporting structures. This should be supported by clear identification of team leaders to assist inter-agency coordination, and by leadership training for DMAT commanders. Members of Australian DMATs would also support the development and implementation of meaningful, evidence-based standards. More work is needed to identify or develop actual standards and the measures of effectiveness to be used, as well as the contents and nature of leadership training.

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“…Participants share information resources and communicate with one another during disasters. 42,43 GHNet has set up short-term training courses in Japan and the United States to support this goal. 44 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has established Relief Web as a global, Web-based information system to support and improve humanitarian relief efforts.…”

Section: Disaster Management Networkmentioning

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Applications of Telemedicine and Telecommunications to Disaster Medicine: Historical and Future Perspectives

Garshnek

Burkle

1999

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Disaster management utilizes diverse technologies to accomplish a complex set of tasks. Despite a decade of experience, few published reports have reviewed application of telemedicine (clinical care at a distance enabled by telecommunication) in disaster situations. Appropriate new telemedicine applications can improve future disaster medicine outcomes, based on lessons learned from a decade of civilian and military disaster (wide-area) telemedicine deployments. This manuscript reviews the history of telemedicine activities in actual disasters and similar scenarios as well as ongoing telemedicine innovations that may be applicable to disaster situations. Emergency care providers must begin to plan effectively to utilize disaster-specific telemedicine applications to improve future outcomes.

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The Need for a Global Health Disaster Network

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Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Dying and caring on the edge: Taiwan's surviving nurses' reflections on taking care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Dying and caring on the edge: Taiwan's surviving nurses' reflections on taking care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Leadership and Use of Standards by Australian Disaster Medical Assistance Teams: Results of a National Survey of Team Members

Applications of Telemedicine and Telecommunications to Disaster Medicine: Historical and Future Perspectives

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