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Disaster Medicine: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature From 2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2019

Ritu R. Sarin ,
John L. Hick ,
Alicia A. Livinski ,
Jennifer Nieratko ,
Meghan Treber ,
Audrey Mazurek ,
Shayne Brannman ,
Paul Biddinger ,
Jonathan Burstein  and
Gregory Ciottone
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Ritu R. Sarin*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
John L. Hick
Affiliation:
Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Alicia A. Livinski
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, OD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Jennifer Nieratko
Affiliation:
Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Meghan Treber
Affiliation:
Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Audrey Mazurek
Affiliation:
Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Shayne Brannman
Affiliation:
Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Paul Biddinger
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Jonathan Burstein
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Gregory Ciottone
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Scott Goldberg
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Andrew Milsten
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Ira Nemeth
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Eric Goralnick
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Ritu R. Sarin, 33 Pond Avenue, Unit 1207, Brookline, MA 02445 (e-mail: rsarin@bidmc.harvard.edu).
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Abstract

Objective:

The Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Interest Group, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response – Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE) team, and the National Institutes of Health Library searched disaster medicine peer-reviewed and gray literature to identify, review, and disseminate the most important new research in this field for academics and practitioners.

Methods:

MEDLINE/PubMed and Scopus databases were searched with key words. Additional gray literature and focused hand search were performed. A Level I review of titles and abstracts with inclusion criteria of disaster medicine, health care system, and disaster type concepts was performed. Eight reviewers performed Level II full-text review and formal scoring for overall quality, impact, clarity, and importance, with scoring ranging from 0 to 20. Reviewers summarized and critiqued articles scoring 16.5 and above.

Results:

Articles totaling 1176 were identified, and 347 were screened in a Level II review. Of these, 193 (56%) were Original Research, 117 (34%) Case Report or other, and 37 (11%) were Review/Meta-Analysis. The average final score after a Level II review was 11.34. Eighteen articles scored 16.5 or higher. Of the 18 articles, 9 (50%) were Case Report or other, 7 (39%) were Original Research, and 2 (11%) were Review/Meta-Analysis.

Conclusions:

This first review highlighted the breadth of disaster medicine, including emerging infectious disease outbreaks, terror attacks, and natural disasters. We hope this review becomes an annual source of actionable, pertinent literature for the emerging field of disaster medicine.

Keywords

health educationliterature reviewdisaster education

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 13 , Issue 5-6 , December 2019 , pp. 946 - 957
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Copyright © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 

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