Factors Affecting Paramedic Response Readiness to CBRN Threats in Ontario, Canada.

Objective: To determine factors associated with increased response readiness to CBRN threats of paramedics in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: An internet-based survey was distributed via email and delivered at the start of each shift presentation during October, 2019. The target population was active-duty paramedics in the Ontario region of Canada.

A New Paradigm of Injuries From Terrorist Explosions as a Function of Explosion Setting Type.

Objective: Examine the impact of setting on the magnitude and pattern of civilian injuries from terrorist explosions. This may help surgical staffs anticipate the resources required to treat victims of terrorist attacks.

Methods: A retrospective study of 823 patients from 65 explosive events of the Second Intifada (2000-2005) in the National Trauma Registry.

Examining disaster planning models for large scale burn incidents--a theoretical plane crash into a high rise building.

Background: The escalation of global terrorist attacks has resulted in a rise of traumatic injuries. Planning for mass casualty incidents (MCIs) is critical to decrease the morbidity and mortality that ensues after large-scale terrorist attacks. This study provides criteria for the management of burn victims following large-scale disasters.

Civilians under fire: evacuation behaviour in north Israel during the Second Lebanon War.

This paper seeks to understand evacuation behaviour in a case of spontaneous evacuation. During the Second Lebanon War of 2006, more than one-third of residents in north Israel spontaneously evacuated--the remainder stayed in situ. Using a telephone survey of 665 respondents residing in north Israel, we were able to characterise the behaviour of evacuees and non-evacuees.

Initial test of emergency procedure performance in temporary negative pressure isolation by using simulation technologies.

Study Objective: The potential of infectious disease spread in diseases such as tuberculosis, infectious disease epidemic such as avian flu and the threat of terrorism with agents capable of airborne transmission have focused attention on the need for increased surge capacity for patient isolation. Total negative pressure isolation using portable bioisolation tents may provide a solution. The study assesses the ability of health care workers to perform emergency procedures in this environment.