Abstract
Disasters always have been a part of life, whether caused by unavoidable natural events or by avoidable, man-made events. Being rendered helpless by such events has caused fear and concern in all periods of history. To some extent, a disaster is expected, but there are varying degrees of uncertainty as to how and when it will occur. The occurrence of a disaster creates varying degrees of chaos combined with a mismatch between resources and needs. Therefore, in order to restore an affected society back to its pre-event status requires extraordinary efforts.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 43-48 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Prehospital and Disaster Medicine |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
Keywords
- catastrophe
- data collection
- definitions
- description of disaster
- disaster
- disaster management
- disaster medicine
- disaster phases
- disaster research
- disaster responses
- extrication
- health consequences
- health status
- injuries
- interventions
- Key Wordsanalysis
- measures of effectiveness
- medical responses
- morbidity
- mortality
- needs assessment
- preparedness
- public health
- research
- research design
- research methods
- risk evaluation
- scope
- template
- type
- Utstein style
- warning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency
- Emergency Medicine
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Sundnes, K. O., Adler, J., Birnbaum, M. L., Calltorp, J., Gunn, S. W. A., Khatib, O. J., Massellis, M., Pretto, E. A., Souria, R., & Ukai, T. (1999). Health disaster management: Guidelines for evaluation and research in the utstein style: Executive summary. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 14(2), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X0002728X