Factors Affecting the Functional Preparedness of Hospitals in Response to Disasters: A Systematic Review

Behrouz Samei; Javad Babaie; Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi; Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani; Saber Azami-Aghdash; Naser Derakhshani; Ramin Rezapour

Volume 11, Issue 3 , July 2023, , Pages 109-118

Abstract
  Objective: This study aimed to comprehensively determine the factors that affect the hospitals’ functionalpreparedness in response to disasters.Methods: A systematic review of studies published in English and Persian up to the end of 2022 was performedby searching PubMed Central, Web of Science, ...  Read More

How to Manage Disasters while Considering Responsibility to Protect Theory?

Hassan Esfandiar; Mahmoudreza Peyravi; Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh; Hojatolah Najafi

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 155-157

Abstract
  Disasters are an integral part of human life, which have been grown increasingly in recent years. Disasters are divided into human-made and natural categories [1]. In this study, two cases are considered. One is deliberate human-made disasters in such conditions that human crimes or vicious crimes occur ...  Read More

Two Validated Ways of Improving the Ability of Decision-Making in Emergencies; Results from a Literature Review

Amir Khorram-Manesh; Johan Berlin; Eric Carlström

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2016, , Pages 186-196

Abstract
  The aim of the current review wasto study the existing knowledge about decision-making and to identify and describe validated training tools.A comprehensive literature review was conducted by using the following keywords: decision-making, emergencies, disasters, crisis management, training, exercises, ...  Read More