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, ...

The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority recently participated in a hazard vulnerability assessment, which tested the ...

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 ...

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, ...

“We have a plan – a disaster response plan or a mass casualty plan – that we put in effect where we move existing patients to ...

If you get injured in a road accident, the first person to attend to you will most likely not be a medical doctor. Instead, you will be attended to by someone who does not understand first-aid or if ...

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced Friday that it has been dealing with an ongoing “capacity disaster” and that it’s in desperate need of more beds to help combat the “unprecedented ...

Allegheny County 911 said crews were called to Coal Valley Road at around 11:30 a.m. Allegheny Health Network officials said there was a small construction fire on the roof of the hospital, causing ...