| Title |
Emergency and disaster preparedness for chronically ill patients: a review of recommendations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Open access emergency medicine OAEM, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.2147/oaem.s48532 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jun Tomio, Hajime Sato |
| Abstract |
Recent disasters, especially those in developed countries, have highlighted the importance of disaster preparedness measures for chronic diseases. A number of surviving patients experienced the exacerbation of a chronic illness, such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, due to disaster-related stress, interruption of care, or both; for some patients, these exacerbations resulted in death. Here, we review reports from recent disasters in developed countries and summarize the recommendations for disaster preparedness of chronically ill patients. A considerable number of recommendations based on the lessons learned from recent disasters have been developed, and they provide practical and essential steps to prevent treatment interruption during and after a disaster. To improve preparedness efforts, we suggest that health care providers should be aware of the following three suggestions: 1) recommendations should be evidence-based; 2) recommendations should contain consistent messages; and 3) recommendations should be feasible. |
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| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
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| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
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| Student > Master | 22 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Researcher | 9 | 9% |
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| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 19 | 20% |
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| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
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