Table 3 Articles related to natural disasters
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First author (year) | Emergency (year) | Types of challenges | Types of strategies | Provider groups | Setting | Type of article | Types of evaluations |
Amat Camacho (2019) [40] | Nepal earthquake (2015) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions) | Physicians, nurses, military health workers | Critical care, emergency medical services, hospitals, public health | Literature review and case study | Data about patients/procedures, data about workforce |
Burnweit (2011) [41] | Haiti earthquake (2010) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions), International Emergency Medical Relief, Field hospital Increase support: housing for front-line workers | Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, medical imaging workers | Critical care, diagnostic services, emergency medical services, hospitals | Observational–descriptive | Data about patients/procedures, Data about workforce; Challenges (pitfalls) |
Catlett (2011) [42] | Haiti earthquake (2010) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions), Naval hospital ship Increase support: mental health support | Physicians, nurses | Critical care, emergency medical services, hospitals, primary health care | Observational–descriptive | Challenges (barriers)/enablers (facilitators) |
Chaudhary (2017) [43] | Nepal earthquake (2015) | damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions), cross-sector staff deployments Increase flexibility: cross-sector deployments | Physicians, nurses, midwives | Community health services, hospitals, other | Systematic review | Data about patients/procedures; data about workforce; lessons learned |
Fredricks (2017) [44] | Nepal earthquake (2015) | Unmet health and social needs | Increase flexibility: new roles, expanded roles | Community health workers | Community health services | Analytical–qualitative | Experiences of workers |
Kondo (2019) [45] | Japan earthquake (2016) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions), cross-sector staff deployments, Emergency Medical Relief | Physicians, nurses | Critical care, emergency medical services, hospitals, public health | Observational–descriptive | Data about workforce, data about patients/procedures, lessons learned |
Lane (2006) [46] | Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunamis (2004) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions) Increase flexibility: expanded roles | Physicians, nurses, military health workers, dental workers | Community health services, emergency medical services, other | Observational–descriptive | Data about workforce, lessons learned |
Manning (2006) [47] | Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunamis (2004) | Unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions) Increase support: mental health services | Community health workers, mental health workers, social workers | Community health services, mental health services, other | Observational–descriptive | Challenges, lessons learned |
Roshchin (2002) [48] | India earthquake (2001) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs, reduced workforce | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions), international humanitarian emergency response/relief | Physicians, nurses, paramedics | Critical care, emergency medical services, hospitals, primary health care, public health | Observational–descriptive | Data about patients/procedures, challenges (problems), lessons learned |
Waxman (2006) [49] | Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunamis (2004) | Damaged/reduced/insufficient facilities, mass casualty/patient surge, unmet health and social needs | Increase numbers: solidarity staffing (e.g., deployments to/from other jurisdictions) | Physicians, nurses, military health workers, public health workers | Emergency medical services, hospitals | Observational–descriptive | Data about patients/procedures, data about workforce, lessons learned |