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 ...

Hospitals are in a unique position when disaster strikes. Predominately regarded as safe havens, hospitals are expected to continuously provide quality patient care and protection to patients, ...

The Zachary Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness — led by Emergency Preparedness Director Ty Stephens — in partnership with the Zachary Fire Department and Zachary Police Department and Lane ...

As smoke overcame the crowd outside of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, first responders rushed to the scene to rescue and treat the victims. However, no real danger was present. The planned scene was ...

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Baystate Health teamed up with AMR to host “disaster day” training at Six Flags New England, preparing for any type of disaster. The event gave emergency responders and students ...

Ten years ago this month, a software bug in an Ohio company’s control room caused a widespread, multi-day blackout, affecting 45 million Americans across eight states on the East Coast and through ...

IOWA CITY — When emergencies happen, and multiple people are injured — some severely — hospitals can be overwhelmed with patients, stretching their resources and straining their ability to respond.

An Army National Guard program blends recruiting and disaster training, letting students use AI-powered Google glasses in a virtual reality simulation of life-like crisis scenarios.

In a bid to enhance hospital disaster preparedness, several Maharashtra Public Health Department officials attended a workshop at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in ...

A recent study of 4,840 emergency departments in the U.S. found that only 17.4% of ERs had a high level of readiness to treat pediatric patients. It estimated that 2,143 kids' lives could be saved ...