Hospital Emergency Readiness Overview Study Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractIn 2001, a survey of Canadian emergency departments indicated significant deficiencies in disaster preparedness. Since then, there have been efforts on the part of Provincial governments to remedy this situation. This survey repeats the original study with minor modifications to determine if there has been improvement. The Hospital Emergency Readiness Overview study demonstrates that despite improvements, there remain gaps in Canadian healthcare facility readiness for disaster, specifically one involving contaminated patients. It also highlights the lack of any standardized assessment of healthcare facilities' chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear readiness.

authors

• Kollek, Daniel
• Cwinn, A Adam

status

• published 

publication date

• June 2011

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Canada (MeSH)
• Civil Defense (MeSH)
• Disaster Planning (MeSH)
• Disease Outbreaks (MeSH)
• Emergency Service, Hospital (MeSH)
• Health Care Surveys (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Risk Assessment (MeSH)
• Terrorism (MeSH)

published in

• Prehospital and Disaster Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Canada
• Civil Defense
• Disaster Planning
• Disease Outbreaks
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Health Care Surveys
• Humans
• Risk Assessment
• Terrorism

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s1049023x11006212

PubMed ID

• 22107765

start page

• 159

end page

• 165

volume

• 26

issue

• 3