The biggest lesson COVID-19 taught hospitals is how thin they can be stretched—and that includes morale, says Dr. Yves Duroseau, chair of emergency medicine and co-chair of disaster planning services ...

When emergency strikes, what’s more important than the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the response team — in and outside of your hospital? The American Hospital Association’s ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was most people’s introduction to the critical importance of hospital emergency preparedness. However, while it is strikingly clear that prolonged surges of patients occur during ...

Northern Cochise Community Hospital is a small critical-access hospital, with 24 inpatient beds and six emergency room beds, in rural Willcox, Ariz., in the southeast corner of the state. We serve a ...

Despite the regulatory requirements placed on safety training and emergency preparedness in the workplace, many employers still fall short of setting their workers up for success. Providing staff with ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency identified eight overarching trends related to emergency preparedness and response in its 2013 National Preparedness Report. This second annual report describes ...

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We don’t know where or when the next emergency will strike. But one thing is certain: we must be prepared. Emergency preparedness is vital for UNHCR to be able to respond quickly and reliably to ...