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The importance of evidence-based disaster planning
1Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, US Department of Health & Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. eaa9@cdc.gov
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|January 3, 2006
Summary
Disaster planning assumptions often conflict with research findings. Understanding disaster research can help improve emergency response and avoid common pitfalls in disaster management.
Area of Science:
- Emergency Management
- Disaster Response
- Public Health Preparedness
Background:
- Disaster planning relies on assumptions, some of which contradict empirical disaster research.
- Conventional wisdom in disaster management may not align with evidence-based findings.
- Improving disaster response requires addressing discrepancies between assumptions and research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine common assumptions in disaster planning.
- To compare these assumptions with findings from disaster research.
- To discuss implications for enhancing disaster response planning.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of common disaster planning assumptions.
- Comparison of assumptions with empirical disaster research findings.
- Discussion of implications for disaster management practices.
Main Results:
- Several conventional assumptions about disaster response are challenged by research.
- Research indicates potential pitfalls in areas like dispatch, search and rescue, medical services, patient transport, and hospital notification.
- Discrepancies exist between theoretical planning and practical field realities.
Conclusions:
- Disaster planning must be informed by empirical research to be effective.
- Knowledge of disaster research findings can help planners avoid common management pitfalls.
- Future research should explore interventions to improve disaster response based on evidence.
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