In the morning, participants are assigned to six teams – Red, Blue, Green, Gray, Yellow, and Purple – for four hours of hands-on training in topics such as Field Assessment and Co-ordination, ...

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a free, downloadable hospital emergency response checklist. The tool, geared toward hospital administrators and managers, ...

Hospitals differentiate themselves from other healthcare organizations through their standby role — their commitment to providing 24/7 access to care, serving as a safety net and preparing and ...

Patna: Danapur Military Hospital on Thursday conducted a multi-agency disaster management drill to assess emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Samaritan’s Purse, the international aid agency headed by veteran evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham, has mobilized its Disaster Assistance Response Team to help Jamaicans suffering after Hurricane ...

Nigeria's government has launched CPR training for health staff to improve emergency response to sudden cardiac arrest, ...

The drill was done in partnership with Hartford Healthcare’s Emergency Response team. The drill allowed employees to “stress test” their systems and practice keeping patients safe during a large surge ...

Native Americans are increasingly responsible for emergency management systems when a natural disaster hits a tribal community. Tribes can issue emergency declarations requests to open up help from ...

Air ambulances may be tipping the balance between life and death—saving more trauma patients than statistics say should survive.