Disaster Preparedness

Articles

• Considerations for Emergencies and Disasters in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing; Ronnie Shultz, M.A., R.N., et. al.; Volume 33, No. 4; July/August 2008.
  
  
• Neonatal and Pediatric Regionalized Systems in Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care; Wanda D. Barfield, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., et. al.; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Vol. 12, No. 6; 2011.
  
  
• Perinatal Considerations in the Hospital Disaster Management Process; Susan Orlando, et. al.; Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing; Volume 39, Issue 4; 2010; .
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Core Competency Set for Perinatal and Neonatal Nurses; Anne M. Jorgensen, et. al.; Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing; Volume 39, Issue 4; 2010.
  
  
• Sweating it out in a Level III Regional NICU: Disaster Preparation and Lessons Learned at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital; Harley G. Ginsberg; Pediatrics;117; S375, 2006.
  
  
• Targeting Prenatal Emergency Preparedness Through Childbirth Education; Gloria Giarrantano, et. al.; Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing; Volume 39, Issue 4; 2010.
  
  
• AWHONN Position Statement: The Role of the Nurse in Emergency Preparedness; December 2011.

Resources, Tool Kits and Guides

• Reproductive Health Assessment After Disaster (RHAD) Toolkit; University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
  
  
• Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Website; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  
• PED-Prepared Website; Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
  
  
• Pediatric and Obstetric Emergency Preparedness Toolkit; New York State Department of Health; June 2010.
  
  
• Pediatric/Neonatal Disaster and Medical Surge Plan and Preparedness Toolkit; Contra Costa Health Services; May 2011.
  
  
• Pediatric Surge Planning: Solutions Within Reach; Patricia Frost, R.N., M.S.N., P.N.P.-B.C., 2010.
  
  
• NICU Evacuation Guidelines; Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children; February 2009.
  
  
• Children in Disasters: Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness; 3rd Edition; NYC Health; August 2008
  
  
• New York City Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Resource Directory; NYC Health; August 2012.
  
  
• Pediatric Surge Pocket Guide; Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; June 2009.
  
  
• Pediatric Surge Planning: Train the Trainer; Rady Children's Hospital in Partnership with the San Diego County Healthcare Disaster Council; 2011.
  
  
• How to Conduct a Hospital Business Impact Analysis; Wakefield Brunswick Management Consulting.
  
  
• NICU Emergency Preparedness and Responses; eNeonatal Review; Volume 9, Issue 9; 2013.