ReviewJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2022
Hospitals as disaster victims: Lessons not learned?
Review in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- When the hospital becomes the battlefield: patients as stakeholders in mass casualty incidents.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Comparative descriptive analysis of hospital disaster preparedness using WHO safety index: a multi-center study from Eastern India.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Assessing admitted patients' preparedness during mass casualty incidents at the hospital - a prospective study.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Water crisis in hospitals: challenges, and recommendations- a qualitative study in Iran.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Perennial disaster patterns in Central Europe since 2000 and implications for hospital preparedness planning - a cross-sectional analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Natural disasters in the United States: Hurricane risk, hospital closures, and healthcare finance.Journal of hospital administration · 2025Article
- Difficulties faced by three hospitals evacuated from the urgent protective action planning zone after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant accident.Journal of radiation research · 2024Article
- Hospital preparedness assessment for road traffic accidents with mass casualties: a cross-sectional study in Kurdistan Province, Iran.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The impact of the three-level collaboration exercise on collaboration and leadership during scenario-based hospital evacuation exercises using flexible surge capacity concept: a mixed method cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Do wildfires exacerbate COVID-19 infections and deaths in vulnerable communities? Evidence from California.Journal of environmental management · 2023Article
- Importance of continuing health care before emergency hospital evacuation: a fatal case of a hospitalized patient in a hospital within 5 km radius of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
- Hospitals as disaster victims: Lessons not learned?Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2022Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveHospitals are a key component to disaster response but are susceptible to the effects of disasters as well, including infrastructure damage that disrupts patient care. These events offer an opportunity for evaluation and improvement of preparedness and response efforts when hospitals are affected directly by a disaster. The objective of this structured review was to evaluate the existing literature on hospitals as disaster victims.
methodsA structured and scoping review of peer-reviewed literature, gray literature, and news reports related to hospitals as disaster victims was completed to identify and analyze themes and lessons observed from disasters in which hospitals are victims, to aid in future emergency operations planning and disaster response.
resultsThe literature search and secondary search of referenes identified 366 records in English. A variety of common barriers to successful disaster response include loss of power, water, heating and ventilation, communications, health information technology, staffing, supplies, safety and security, and structural and non-structural damage.
conclusionsThere are common weaknesses in disaster preparedness that we can learn from and account for in future planning with the aim of improving resilience in the face of future disasters.
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