The CEEP Disaster Preparedness Journal Club The Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness

Quelles sont les effets d'une panne d'electricite sur les patients avec problemes respiratoires?

Bienvenue à notre premier balado en français: Feux de forêts: sommes-nous prêts?
 
Les feux de forêts sont de plus en plus fréquents et leurs impacts se font sentir même très loin du site d’incendie. Ce balado discutera de publications récentes sur le sujet et de gouvernance en ce qui a trait à la préparation du système de santé face à une telle menace.

Following on our previous podcast regarding adult triage this episode is focused on pediatrics. Disaster research has shown that the stress level is dramatically increased when there are children involved in an incident. Specifically triaging of children has significantly more variability than triage of adults. This session will provide a scoping review of the paediatric mass, casualty triage algorithms and cover some basic ground rules.

It is commonly used for disaster triage in the field but is it accurate?  METASTART is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of the START algorithm. Presented by its lead author, Dr. Jeffrey Franc this podcast will review the study followed by a panel discussion.

Using a recent case publication from a Bronx hospital the panel discusses the conclusions of the paper and makes recommendations for preparing for and responding to an active shooter situation.

An overview of recommendations for mass shootings reached through the Delphi process