Weisman E, Barber J, Ramsey D S, Brown D
Health Facil Manage. 1994 May;7(5):18-25.
Already the 1990s might be described as a decade of disasters: From the devastation of hurricanes on the East Coast to the havoc of floods in the Midwest to the destruction of earthquakes and civil unrest on the West Coast, the past few years clearly show that disasters can strike anywhere--and at any time. For health facilities caught in the middle of these crises, emergency preparedness means much more than just meeting the basic requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or complying with state and local regulations. Rather, for most health facilities, preparing for disasters is an integral part of ensuring that they can continue to provide adequate, high-quality patient care under almost any circumstances. This report, the first in a series of articles, examines how health facility managers coped once they found themselves in the midst of major disasters, what lessons they learned about emergency preparedness as a result of their experiences, and what others can learn from these difficult situations.
20世纪90年代已然可以被形容为灾难的十年：从东海岸飓风的破坏到中西部洪水的肆虐，再到西海岸地震和内乱的摧毁，过去几年清楚地表明灾难可能在任何地点——以及任何时间发生。对于陷入这些危机之中的医疗机构而言，应急准备所意味的远不止满足医疗组织评审联合委员会的基本要求或遵守州和地方法规。相反，对于大多数医疗机构来说，为灾难做准备是确保它们在几乎任何情况下都能继续提供充分、高质量患者护理的一个不可或缺的部分。本报告作为系列文章中的第一篇，探讨了医疗机构管理者在发现自己身处重大灾难之中时是如何应对的，他们从自身经历中学到了哪些关于应急准备的经验教训，以及其他人能从这些艰难处境中学到什么。
