SMJ articles in the category "physician preparedness"

Editorial

A Physician’s Ethical Responsibility to Prepare for and Respond to Disasters and Other Catastrophic Events

Beginning with the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the tragedies of September 11, 2001, and subsequent hurricanes, tornadoes, and manmade tragedies, many American physicians have been faced with responding to disasters equipped with only a general knowledge of emergency casualty care. The…

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Review Article

When the Bells Toll: Engaging Healthcare Providers in Catastrophic Disaster Response Planning

Catastrophic disaster planning and response have been impeded by the inability to better coordinate the many components of the emergency response system. Healthcare providers in particular have remained on the periphery of such planning because of a variety of real or perceived barriers. Although hospitals and healthcare systems have worked…

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Editorial

Ethical and Legal Challenges in Disaster Medicine: Are You Ready?

You are on call the weekend a category 5 hurricane made landfall and you, along with your colleagues, are trying to evacuate approximately 2000 people (approximately 200 patients) from the hospital which is now surrounded by 8 to 10 ft of floodwaters. Those trapped in the floodwaters are trying to…

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Editorial

So Nigh Is Grandeur: Volunteerism and Disaster Preparedness and Response

So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near to God is man;When duty whispers low, “thou must.”The youth replies, “I can.”—Voluntaries, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)1

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Original Article

Preparedness of Rural Physicians for Bioterrorist Events in Florida

Objectives: Human-induced public health emergencies such as the anthrax bioterrorism event and the terrorism events of September 11, 2001 in the United States have increased awareness of the nation’s vulnerability to large-scale emergencies. Scant attention has been given to preparing physicians in sparsely populated areas for public health emergencies. This…

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Review Article

Disaster Management and Physician Preparedness

There are an increasing amount and variety of disasters occurring throughout the United States. Many of these disasters require physicians to provide medical assistance. This article provides a brief introduction to disaster preparedness and its recent history and physicians’ obligations, role, education, preparation, and response. It is the intent of…

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Review Article

Disaster Mitigation: Initial Response

The objective of this review is to stimulate the reader’s considerations for developing community disaster mitigation. Disaster mitigation begins long before impact and is defined as the actions taken by a community to eliminate or minimize the impact of a disaster. The assessment of vulnerabilities, the development of infrastructure, memoranda…

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