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BMC Emerg Med
January 2025
Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Volunteers providing nursing services are among the first individuals to arrive at the scene after an incident; therefore, they must use their skills and capabilities to provide necessary care for the injured to prevent problems from worsening and complications from arising. Consequently, having structured empowerment courses for volunteers before disasters seems essential. This research aimed to determine the dimensions and components of empowering volunteer nursing service providers in disasters.
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January 2025
Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Background: One of the most effective processes in disaster management is disaster education.
Aim: To determine the effect of structured digital-based education given to nursing students on disaster literacy and disaster preparedness belief levels.
Design/methods: The study was conducted in a single-center parallel group pre-test post-test randomized controlled design.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.66 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210003, China.
Background: During public health emergencies, the diverse backgrounds of volunteers pose numerous management challenges. This study aims to develop an online profiling model of volunteers using social media data to achieve a more comprehensive and objective understanding of them.
Methods: In the proposed model, the study designed five profiling tags: basic information, sentiment, topic features, interest preferences, and online social engagement.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
February 2025
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Background: Haemorrhage is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma, and prehospital transfusion of blood products is often necessary. Whole blood has been proposed to be the best alternative, but it is unclear whether, and how, storage and transport of the blood in a helicopter affects the blood units. We investigated the coagulation capacity and platelet function in whole blood at different time points during helicopter missions.
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January 2025
Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Altınbaş University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Introduction: It is crucial to understand the effects that traumatic events related to natural disasters have on individuals in as much detail as possible. However, the literature investigating the traumatic life experiences of nurses, who play a key role in disaster management, is still limited.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore in depth the traumatic life experiences of volunteer nurses who participated in relief efforts after two major earthquakes in the southeastern region of Türkiye.
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