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Reading List on Disaster Planning and Emergency
Services
Adapting Australian Health Facilities to Cope
with Climate-related Extreme Weather
Conditions
Carthey, Jane, Chandra, Venny and Loosemore,
Martin, Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 7(1)
2009
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/chaa/resources/publis
hedworks/2009_Carthey,Chandra,Loosemore_Ada
ptingAustHealthFac_JFM.pdf
Adrenaline Mollifies Earthquakes Impact
Bavis, Alan, Health Estate Journal, Vol. 64(10)
November 2010 pp. 35-39
Well-rehearsed contingency planning procedures,
reliable, well-maintained plant, an excellent team
spirit combined with sheer adrenaline helped the
estates team keep vital hospital services running in
the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.
After 9/11: Priority Focus Areas for
Bioterrorism Preparedness in Hospitals
Murphy, Jennifer K, Journal of Healthcare
Management, Vol. 49(4) 2004 pp. 227-235
Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty
Events, (Bioterrorism and other public health
emergencies)
US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
April 2005
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/altstand/altstand.pdf
Are We Ready? Healthcare Preparedness for
Catastrophic Terrorism
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Report No.
4/2007by Anthony Bergin and Raspal Khosa, April
2007
http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_det
ails.aspx?ContentID=121&pubtype=-1
Are You Prepared for a Disaster? How One
State Took Disaster Preparedness to the Next
Level
Cannon, Christopher M, Healthcare Executive,
Vol. 20(6) 2005 pp. 20-24
Clean Sheets in a Crisis
Hargreaves, Ian, HD Hospital Development, Vol.
36(10) November 2005 pp. 31, 33-34
Do you have sufficient back-up plans in place to
supply vital fresh linen to your hospital in an
emergency?
Design Guide for Improving Hospital Safety in
Earthquakes, Floods and High Winds:
Providing Protection to People and Buildings
US Federal Emergency Management Agency,
2007
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=273
9
Designing for Disasters: Learning the Lessons
of Katrina
Tusler, Wilbur H, Health Facilities Management,
Vol. 20(12) December 2007 pp. 33-36
Disaster Preparedness Education Strategic
Framework 2008 2011
NSW Health GL2009_005, April 2009
The purpose of this Guideline is to support NSW
Health in the implementation of a consistent,
flexible and accessible disaster preparedness
education curriculum across NSW Health. This
Framework will assist with the enhancement of
knowledge and skill development to ensure
personnel are ready to meet health demands and
to respond effectively to health emergencies and
major incidents.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/gl/2009/pdf/
GL2009_005.pdf
Disaster Preparedness in Health Care
Sarp, Nilgun, World Hospital and Health Services,
Vol. 41(1) pp. 18-20 2005
Disaster Risk Management Guidelines
NSW Health, GL2009_004 March 2009
The Guidelines are provided as a tool to enhance
understanding of risk management integration
linking to existing corporate planning and risk
assessment within Area Health Services.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/gl/2009/pdf/
GL2009_004.pdf
Dwindling Supply of Empty Beds: Implications
for Hospital Surge Capacity
deLia, Derek and Wood, Elizabeth, Health Affairs,
Vol.27(6) 2008 pp. 1688-1694
The number of beds that are staffed and
unoccupied would be inadequate during a mass-
casualty event.
Emergency Medical Services Systems in the
European Union: Report of an Assessment
Project Co-ordinated by the World Health
Organization
WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2008
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/000
3/114564/E92039.pdf
Emergency Planning
UK NHS contingency plans and advice on
preparing for specific types of disasters and
attacks.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Emerg
encyplanning/index.htm
Experiences of a Hospital in Thailand in
Treating Tsunami Patients, by Senior
Management Team, Bumrungrad International
Hospital, World Hospitals and Health Services,
Vol. 41(3) 2005 pp. 24-26
Hazard of Extreme Wind Gusts to Buildings in
Australia and its Sensitivity to Climate Change
Wang, X and Wang, C-H, CSIRO Division of
Sustainable Ecosystems, October 2009
Paper presented at the 18th World IMACS /
MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July
2009
http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/G1/wang_c-
h.pdf
Hospital Assessment and Recovery Guide
Zane, Richard and others, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, May 2010
This guide is designed to help organise the initial
assessment of a hospital upon return after an
evacuation/closure due to an emergency event.
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/hosprecovery/
Hospital Emergency Communication Systems
GlobaFone, June 2010
How to prepare today so your facility continues to
provide optimum medical care even during an
unexpected crisis.
http://www.satellitephonestraighttalk.com/Hospital_
Emergency_Communication_Systems.pdf
Hospital Emergency Response Checklist: An
All-Hazards Tool for Hospital Administrators
and Emergency Managers
Sorensen, Brian S and others, World Health
Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2011
Hospitals play a critical role in providing
communities with essential medical care during all
types of disaster. Depending on their scope and
nature, disasters can lead to a rapidly increasing
service demand that can overwhelm the functional
capacity and safety of hospitals and the health-
care system at large
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-
topics/emergencies/disaster-preparedness-and-
response/publications/2011/hospital-emergency-
response-checklist
Hospital Evacuation and Decision Guide
Zane, Richard and others, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, May 2010
This guide is designed to provide hospital
evacuation decision teams with organized and
systematic guidance on how to consider the many
factors that bear on the decision to order an
evacuation, and assist decision teams in
identifying some of the special situations, often
overlooked, that may exist in their facility or
geographic area that could affect the decision to
evacuate.
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/hospevacguide/
Hurricane Katrina and the Healthcare
Infrastructure: A Focus on Disaster
Preparedness, Response and Resiliency
Rodriguez, Havidan and Aguirre, Benigno, E,
Frontiers of Health Services Management, Vol.
23(1) Fall 2006 pp. 13-24
Interoperability in a Crisis 2: Human Factors
and Organisational Processes
Cole, Jennifer, Royal United Services Institute,
June 2010
In the UK, coordinated emergency responses
within and between the fire, ambulance and police
service is hampered by the lack of standardised
operational procedures, rather than technology.
http://www.rusi.org/publications/occasionalpapers/r
ef:O4C2CC38D725EE/
Leadership of the Combined Australian
Surgical Team ACEH (CASTA) in Operation
Tsunami Assist: Disaster Medicine in Action
York, Sophie, Asia Pacific Journal of Health
Management, Vol. 1(1) 2006 pp. 52-58
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina:
Preparing Your Institution for a Catastrophic
Event
US Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council, 2006
Certain financial institutions affected by Hurricane
Katrina and its aftermath have relayed the
following experiences or lessons learned that your
institution may find helpful in considering its
readiness for responding to a catastrophic event.
You may want to consider this information when
conducting a review of your institutions disaster
recovery and business continuity plans.
http://www.ffiec.gov/pdf/katrina_lessons.pdf
Major Evacuation Centres: Public Health
Considerations
NSW Health Guideline GL2011_11, August 2011
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/gl/2011/pdf/
GL2011_011.pdf
Managing Emergency Preparedness: Academic
Health Centers Organise and Innovate
Association of Academic Health Centers,
September 2008
www.aahcdc.org/policy/reports/AAHC_Emergency
_Prep_08.pdf
Management of Hospitals in Aceh during the
Tsunami
Kartowisastro, H, World Hospitals and Health
Services, Vol. 41(3) 2005 pp. 19-23
9/11: A Healthcare Providers Response
Campbell, David J, Frontiers of Health Services
Management, Vol 19(1) Fall 2002 pp. 3-13
Disaster preparedness is a fundamental
responsibility of all US hospitals but the events of
September 11 and the continuing threat of
terrorism have redefined what institutions must
consider in serving as a resource for their
communities.
NHS Emergency Planning Guidance: Planning
for the Management of Burn-injured Patients in
the Event of a Major Incident: Interim Strategic
National Guidance
UK Department of Health, April 2011
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/
Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_
125840
NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005
UK Department of Health, 2006
Planning for an emergency where the numbers of
patients substantially exceeds normal critical care
capacity.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedcons
ultations/DH_063395
The NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005
UK Department of Health, Emergency
Preparedness Division
A set of general principles to guide all NHS
organisations in developing their ability to respond
to a major incident(s) and to manage recovery and
its effects, locally, regionally or nationally.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/12/36/0412
1236.pdf
NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005:
Planning for the Management of Blast Injured
Patients
UK Department of Health, December 2007
Provides a set of general principles to guide all
NHS organisations in the provision of services for
the management of blast injured patients within the
context of the NHS Emergency Planning Guidance
2005
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/
Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_
081506
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/190_07_0604
09/ric11435_fm.html
NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2009:
Planning for the Evacuation and Sheltering of
People in Health Sector Settings: Interim
Strategic National Guidance
UK Department of Health Emergency
Preparedness Division, April 2009
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/
Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_
098422
NSW HEALTHPLAN: A Supporting Plan of the
NSW State Disaster Plan
NSW Health Policy Directive PD2009_098,
February 2009
NSW HEALTHPLAN identifies the NSW Health
emergency management arrangements to
coordinate a whole of health response in the event
of an emergency
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2009/pdf/
PD2009_008.pdf
Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies:
Special Needs and Potential Roles.
Root, ED, Amoozegar JB and Bernard S, Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality, May 2007
Focus group discussions of disaster planning at
nursing homes
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/nursinghomes/nhomerep
.pdf
Perfect Storm: Organisational Management of
Patient Care under Natural Disaster Conditions
McCaughrin, William C and Mattammal, Maria,
Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 48(5)
September/October 2003 pp. 295-310
Performance Audit: Major Infectious Disease
Outbreaks: Readiness to Respond: NSW
Health
NSW Audit Office, November 2006
http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/publications/reports/p
erformance/2006/infectious_diseases/diseases-
contents.html
Planning for a Clinical Crisis
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Healthcare
Executive, Vol. 25(6) November/December 2010
pp. 78, 80-81.

Planning the Safety of Healthcare Structures
Rand Health, Charles Meade, Working paper,
October 2005
(After hurricane Katrina, decision making and
strategies to make hospitals more resilient to
natural disasters and hospital building codes will
be reviewed. Should special provisions be made
for hospitals?
http://www.rand.org/pubs/working%5Fpapers/2005
/RAND%5FWR309.pdf
Preparing for Disaster: Is Your Facility Ready?
Rollins, Gina, Healthcare Executive, Vol. 18(4)
July/August 2003 pp. 22-27
Preparedness is a Healthcare Executives
Responsibility
McGlown, K Joanne, Frontiers of Health Services
Management, Vol. 19(1) Fall 2002 pp. 35-43
The US industry refuses to learn from prior
disaster experiences and mistakes, content
instead to have simply survived.
Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce
Resources: A Community Planning Guide
US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
prepared by SJ Phillips and A Knebel, Health
Systems Research, November 2006
This planning guide examines mass casualty event
response and preparedness challenges across a
wide range of health care settings and issues
recommendations for planners in specific areas.
The guide also discusses ethical and legal
considerations related to mass casualty event
planning in pre-hospital, hospital, acute-care, and
alternative-care sites.
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mce/mceguide.pdf
Ready or Not? Protecting the Publics Health
from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism
2006
Trust for Americas Health, December 2006
Five years after the September 11th and anthrax
tragedies, emergency health preparedness is still
inadequate in America.
http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/TFAH20
06Revised.pdf?c=EMC-CA141
Remediation and Infection Control
Considerations for Reopening Healthcare
Facilities Closed due to Extensive Water and
Wind Damage
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fact
sheet, 2005
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/katrina/
reopen_healthfacilities.asp
Strained by Katrina, A Hospital Faced Deadly
Choices
Fink, Sheri, New York Times, August 30, 2009
Dr Anna Pou argues for changing the standards of
medical care in emergencies. She has said that
informed consent is impossible during disasters
and that doctors need to be able to evacuate the
sickest or most severely injured patients last
along with those who have Do Not Resuscitate
orders an approach that she and her colleagues
used as conditions worsened after Katrina.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30d
octors.html?hp
The Surge Capacity for People in Emergencies
(SCOPE) Study in Australasian Hospitals
Traub, Matthias, Bradt, David A and Joseph,
Anthony P, Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.
186(8) 16 April 2007 pp. 394-398
To measure physical assets in Australasian
hospitals required for the management of mass
casualties as a result of terrorism or natural
disasters.
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/186_08_1604
07/tra10812_fm.html
Surge Hospitals: Providing Safe Care in
Emergencies
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organisations, 2006
http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/802E
9DA4-AE80-4584-A205-
48989C5BD684/0/surge_hospital.pdf
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