The Role of the Drug Information Center in Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Lindsey Wesley ◽  
C. Thomas Charles
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Drug Product ◽  
Pharmaceutical Product ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Disaster Event

Purpose The objective of this article is to describe an innovative practice model that involves the drug information centers and drug information specialists in the Alabama Department of Public Health's (ADPH) response procedure to a terrorism event or natural disaster that requires mass dispensing of a pharmaceutical product. Summary A descriptive account is provided of a strategic partnership between the ADPH and the drug information centers located in the state of Alabama. These sites have been contracted to supply information services to patients during an event where a disaster response is required and adequate patient information regarding the disease state and drug product may be lacking. These sites are utilized on a rotating basis, with the ADPH obligated to provide infrastructure and access to the drug information specialists providing information and counseling over the telephone to patients. These services can be funded through federal and state agencies to support the equipment and personnel needed during a response. Conclusion Drug information centers in Alabama play a key role in the plan for providing reliable and unbiased information to patients during a disaster event where an ADPH response is needed.

scholarly journals DISKURSUS MANAJEMEN BENCANA ERA COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Burhanudin Mukhamad Faturahman
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Strategic Resources ◽  
Handling Characteristics ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Disaster Event

Disaster management is a series of disaster cycles including pre-disaster, emergency, and post-disaster response stages with different handling characteristics at each stage. Based on these stages, the covid-19 disaster event has special characteristics where the non-natural disaster has a disaster emergency status as well as a recovery stage. The occurrence of two stages of a disaster at once in one disaster event causes obscurity and poor policy coordination in the emergency response period. The lack of the role of BNPB and BPBD during the disaster emergency caused policies to become conflicted between the health sector and the economic sector. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the disaster management law by strengthening the role of bnpb coordination as the main actor in mobilizing strategic resources both technical and non-technical. The revision of the disaster management law may refer to local government laws to harmonize disaster emergency policies at the central and regional levels. In addition, collaboration with academics is important to provide health resources for handling covid-19 in the country in the production, distribution, and consumption process.

Use of mock media in emergency management exercises: the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Ken Lerner, JD ◽  
Michael Meshenberg, MCP
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Media ◽  
Significant Attention

Disasters of any kind attract significant attention from news media, and media play an important role in disaster response. In a US government program for hazardous materials preparedness, risk communication functions were incorporated into planning and are demonstrated during response exercises. To provide the best training and most realistic play, exercise controllers play the role of news media reporters—mock media—during these exercises. They attend news conferences, interview exercise players in the field, and make calls to participants. They produce news stories including television reports, newspaper articles, radio spots, blog entries, and social media messages. This allows exercise players to experience how their actions and statements would be represented in the media, more effectively mimicking the environment of a real event.

scholarly journals (P1-28) Primary Health Care (PHC) Approach in Emergencies and Disasters

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s107-s108
Author(s):  
L. Redwood-campbell ◽  
H. Papowitz
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Intersectoral Collaboration ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Disaster Management Planning

This presentation will focus on outlining the issues and challenges to developing a framework for a PHC approach for emergencies and disasters. The emphasis will be how the use of the PHC principles to achieve equity and social justice can improve disaster response. These approaches include; universal coverage/equity, community participation, intersectoral collaboration and the use of appropriate technology. Discussion will include; the revitalization of PHC and the role of PHC in emergencies and the challenges of the PHC approach in emergencies. Responding to emergencies from the perspective of disaster risk management, community based health work force and self care will be reviewed. Finally, pre-emergency preparedness focusing on community based benchmarks, community based disaster management planning and strengthening health systems based on PHC will be discussed.

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CASE STUDY OF 2012 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKES ON THAILAND’S

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raya Muttarak ◽  
Wiraporn Pothisiri
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Individual

In this paper we investigate how well residents of the Andaman coast in Phang Nga province, Thailand, are prepared for earthquakes and tsunami. It is hypothesized that formal education can promote disaster preparedness because education enhances individual cognitive and learning skills, as well as access to information. A survey was conducted of 557 households in the areas that received tsunami warnings following the Indian Ocean earthquakes on 11 April 2012. Interviews were carried out during the period of numerous aftershocks, which put residents in the region on high alert. The respondents were asked what emergency preparedness measures they had taken following the 11 April earthquakes. Using the partial proportional odds model, the paper investigates determinants of personal disaster preparedness measured as the number of preparedness actions taken. Controlling for village effects, we find that formal education, measured at the individual, household, and community levels, has a positive relationship with taking preparedness measures. For the survey group without past disaster experience, the education level of household members is positively related to disaster preparedness. The findings also show that disaster related training is most effective for individuals with high educational attainment. Furthermore, living in a community with a higher proportion of women who have at least a secondary education increases the likelihood of disaster preparedness. In conclusion, we found that formal education can increase disaster preparedness and reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.

MULTI - DIMENSIONAL ROLE OF A PHARMACIST IN HOSPITAL: A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Singh S ◽  
Virmani T ◽  
Virmani R ◽  
Geeta . ◽  
Gupta J
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Drug Product ◽  
Hospital Pharmacist ◽  
Therapeutic Monitoring ◽  
Direct Patient Care ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban

The objective of this study was to point out multi-dimensional role of a pharmacist with a special emphasis on the hospital pharmacist. Apharmacist is a person who is involved in designing, creating or manufacturing of a drug product, dispensing of a drug, managing and planning ofa pharmaceutical care. They are experts on the action and uses of drugs, including their chemistry, pharmacology and formulation. Theprofessional life of a hospital pharmacist might seem insignificant as compared to that of doctors, but actually they are highly trained healthprofessionals who plays important role in patient safety, patient compliance, therapeutic monitoring and even in direct patient care. With thepassage of time and advancements in health care services and pharmaceuticals, the role of a hospital pharmacist has become more diversified. Toa career, a hospital pharmacist must possess a diploma/degree in pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy college and must be registered with thestate pharmacy council of their respective region. In this study, we have assessed the behavior, communication skills, qualifications of thepharmacist, prescription handling ability and other factors to evaluate the diversified role of hospital pharmacist and their comparison withpharmacists practicing in rural and urban areas. Current surveys show that the pharmacists are not practicing as per the standard due to lack ofproper guidelines and watch over their practicing sense. The rules and guidelines prescribed by the Food and drug administration (FDA) andIndian pharmacopeia commission (IPC) were not followed by the pharmacist.

Big Business and the State in the Neoliberal Era

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Maman
Keyword(s):  
Financial Liberalization ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Big Business ◽  
The Public ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
State Subsidies

The chapter documents patterns of both change and continuity in the structure of big business in Israel in the neoliberal era, and the role of state agencies vis-à-vis big business. Specifically, it discusses how privatization, financial liberalization, and direct and indirect state subsidies have contributed to the dominant position of large enterprises and business groups in the Israeli political economy. While neoliberal policies have served the interests of private capital and business groups, they were actively driven by state agencies seeking to regain autonomy by withdrawing unselective and burdensome state subsidies, and by shrinking and depoliticizing the public sector.

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response: There’s An App for That

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Bachmann ◽  
Nathan K. Jamison ◽  
Andrew Martin ◽  
Jose Delgado ◽  
Nicholas E. Kman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Emergency Responders ◽  
Lay Public

AbstractIntroductionSmartphone applications (or apps) are becoming increasingly popular with emergency responders and health care providers, as well as the public as a whole. There are thousands of medical apps available for Smartphones and tablet computers, with more added each day. These include apps to view textbooks, guidelines, medication databases, medical calculators, and radiology images.Hypothesis/ProblemWith an ever expanding catalog of apps that relate to disaster medicine, it is hard for both the lay public and responders to know where to turn for effective Smartphone apps. A systematic review of these apps was conducted.MethodsA search of the Apple iTunes store (Version 12; Apple Inc.; Cupertino, California USA) was performed using the following terms obtained from the PubMed Medical Subject Headings Database: Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Responders, Disaster, Disaster Planning, Disaster Medicine, Bioterrorism, Chemical Terrorism, Hazardous Materials (HazMat), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). After excluding any unrelated apps, a working list of apps was formed and categorized based on topics. Apps were grouped based on applicability to responders, the lay public, or regional preparedness, and were then ranked based on iTunes user reviews, value, relevance to audience, and user interface.ResultsThis search revealed 683 applications and was narrowed to 219 based on relevance to the field. After grouping the apps as described above, and subsequently ranking them, the highest quality apps were determined from each group. The Community Emergency Response Teams and FEMA had the best apps for National Disaster Medical System responders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had high-quality apps for emergency responders in a variety of fields. The National Library of Medicine’s Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) app was an excellent app for HazMat responders. The American Red Cross had the most useful apps for natural disasters. Numerous valuable apps for public use, including alert apps, educational apps, and a well-made regional app, were also identified.ConclusionSmartphone applications are fast becoming essential to emergency responders and the lay public. Many high-quality apps existing in various price ranges and serving different populations were identified. This field is changing rapidly and it deserves continued analysis as more apps are developed.BachmannDJ, JamisonNK, MartinA, DelgadoJ, KmanNE. Emergency preparedness and disaster response: there’s an app for that. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(5):1–5.

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