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Medical Disaster Preparedness of Rotterdam Europort: An Application of Methodology for Assessing Disaster Preparedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jan de Boer
Jan de Boer*
Affiliation:
VU Academisch Ziekenhuis Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit, Afdeling Heelkunde, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Medical disaster preparedness (MDP) of Rotterdam-Europort has been estimated by grading personnel, materials, and methods utilized in the chain of medical care, from the disaster site to the hospital. On a scale from 1 to 5, this MDP was set at 2.8: the disaster site is the weakest link, which determines the strength of the whole chain. This, in turn, was the result mainly of the methods utilized for which the personnel were not properly educated and trained.

By applying the methodology as described in an earlier paper, the MDP of cities, airports, harbors, industrial plants, etc. can be determined in a standardized way. This methodology should facilitate epidemiologic research in the public health aspects of disaster preparedness.

Keywords

airportassessmentchain of caredisaster preparednessdisaster trainingepidemiologyhospitalsmedical disaster preparednessmedical organizationsmethodspreparednesspublic healthtransportation
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 55 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1997

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