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- Health emergencies - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment area of work provides authoritative information for public health decision-making in emergencies, with responsibility for identifying new public health events, assessing risks to public health, conducting epidemiological surveillance and field investigations, monitoring public health
- Communicate in emergencies
Use the WHO emergency communications network (ECN) Trained emergency communications experts can be deployed to provide on-site communication assistance during humanitarian crises and public health emergencies
- Hospital emergency response checklist
The principles and recommendations included in this tool may be used by hospitals at any level of emergency preparedness The checklist is intended to complement existing multisectoral hospital emergency management plans and, when possible, augment standard operating procedures during non-crisis situations
- Mass Casualty Management in Emergency Units
The WHO MCM Course is a learning program on mass casualty preparedness and response for emergency unit based clinical providers, managers, and logistics and administrative staff The course is based on the principles of mass casualty management and emphasizes the critical role of the emergency unit in enhancing patient outcomes The MCM course highlights preparedness activities, operational
- Emergency Care Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
Emergency Care Toolkit Overview The WHO Emergency Care Toolkit (ECT) is an open access bundle of interventions, developed to be implemented in emergency units within hospitals, particularly in resource limited settings The main aim of the ECT is to support systematic care of the acutely ill and injured within hospitals
- WHO - List of emergencies
The health emergencies list below details the disease outbreaks, environmental disasters and other humanitarian crises in which WHO has played or is still playing an essential role in protecting health
- Emergency use listing procedure for In Vitro diagnostics
The WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) is open to candidate in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) to detect SARS-CoV-2 (originally called 2019-nCoV) Since 28 February 2020, manufacturers of IVDs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) for assessment of candidate IVDs under the EUL procedure
- EMT Global classified teams
Operating in complex settings brings challenges, which require flexibility and adaptability EMTs can be deployed as whole (standardized) or separate (modularized) entities to support specific surge requirements based on identified needs and gaps in capacity and capability EMTs can be divided into four different types based on their mobility and level of care provided The graphic below shows
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