Brussels - 25 March 2024
Enhancing European Public Health Preparedness, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine
Homepage
Homepage
Test
New Articles from Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM)
The articles featured below are currently available on FirstView on Cambridge Core. Please note, full-text articles that are not Open Access can accessed on Cambridge Core from the Member Area of the website.
Comparative Analysis of META and SALT Disaster Triage in an Adult Trauma Population: A Retrospective Observational Study
A new study published in PDM aimed to evaluate the performance of the META and SALT algorithms and their statistical agreement with various standards. The secondary objective was to determine whether these two MCI triage systems predicted patient outcomes, such as mortality, length-of-stay, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
This retrospective study used patient data from the trauma registry of an American College of Surgeons Level 1 trauma center from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020. The sensitivity, specificity, and statistical agreement of the META and SALT triage systems to various standards (Revised Trauma Score [RTS]/Sort Triage, Injury Severity Score [ISS], and Lerner criteria) when applied to trauma patients. Read more…
Interorganizational Knowledge Transfer in Mass Gatherings: Exploring the Health and Safety Stakeholders’ Perceptions Participating in the Athens Marathon
The Athens Marathon attracts runners from around the world who come to experience the historic course and be part of one of the most iconic races in the running community. Mass gatherings (MGs), like marathons, represent significant challenges for the host cities’ public health and safety sector.
A recent study in PDM explored how inter-organizational knowledge transfer among government agencies and private companies at the 2018 Athens Marathon was perceived among the multiple health and safety professionals during the planning stage of the event. Read more…
Colloquium – Enhancing European Public Health Preparedness, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine
WADEM partnered with the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Regions (ASPHER) and its affiliate the European Council of Disaster Medicine (ECDM), to convene “Enhancing European Public Health Preparedness, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine.” The colloquium took place at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 25 March 2024.
The colloquium aimed to seek consensus from professional associations, international organizations, expert stakeholders, and citizens on adaptive ways forward for the discipline to enhance existing public health curricula in the face of emerging threats. Public and global health are challenged by unprecedented population growth, human migration, urbanization, natural disasters, climate change, war and conflict, and novel disease emergence.
2-6 May 2025
Tokyo, Japan
Save the Dates- 23rd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine!
Join us next year in Tokyo for the 23rd edition of WADEM’s biennial congress, an event than brings together global experts to share research and lessons learned on disaster medicine, prehospital care, and the health aspects of emergency management and complex humanitarian crises.
Co-hosted by the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine (JADM), the congress will feature a dynamic and engaging scientific program, including plenary sessions, panel discussions, oral and poster presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Ethical Decision Making in Disaster and Emergency Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Joe Cuthbertson drops by the PDM podcast series to discuss his article “Ethical Decision Making in Disaster and Emergency Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of PDM. The open-access article can be accessed here – doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X23006325. Many thanks to Don Donahue for moderating!
Recorded – 19 December 2023
The 2023 Model Core Content of Disaster Medicine
Dr. Bryan Wexler joins the podcast series to discuss his article “The 2023 Model Core Content of Disaster Medicine,” which was published in the December 2023 issue of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. The full-text, open-access article can be accessed here – doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X23006556. Special thanks to Joe Cuthbertson for moderating!
Recorded – 11 December 2023